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Revolt Against Sprawl

Transportation and the Origins of the Marin County Growth-Control Regime

Louise Nelson Dyble

University of Southern California

Popular protest stopped a freeway to California's Point Reyes peninsula in 1966, and along with it plans for the development of Marin County. The campaign against this road united property owners, business leaders, conservationists, and politicians. A destiny of parkland, agriculture, and permanent open space replaced expectations of suburban development and steady population growth. This vision of Marin's future was institutionalized through policy and planning, which reinforced and defined a growth-control regime. This regime dominated and ultimately transcended Marin's fragmented local government, coordinating and guiding policy, philanthropy, and multifarious public and private institutions.

Key Words: local government • freeway revolt • growth control • planning • transportation policy • suburban development • regime change • Marin County • California

Journal of Urban History, Vol. 34, No. 1, 38-66 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0096144207308049
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