Growth Education Movement

Table of Contents

A Vital and Attainable Change	1

Growth Pains	8

Sprawl and Vanishing Open Space	8
Road Congestion	16
Water Worries	29
Treasure the Chesapeake	38

Growth Pressures	47

Washington Area Population Growth	47
National Population Growth	50
Choices	54

Growth and Economic Wellbeing	56

Local Job Growth and Local Unemployment	56
Population Growth and Economic Growth	59
An Ethical Threshold	64

Growth Politics	68

Toward a Better Future	76

Restraining the Growth Machine	76
Confronting Our National Population Growth	86

A Life-Changing Event	100

Appendices	106

Appendix A – Growth Machine Organizations
Appendix B – Population Projection Information
Appendix C – Dependency Ratios
Appendix D – Declining Per Capita VMT Growth

Endnotes	124