Abstract
The thrust of technology on our cities in outward, and it will be better if we recognize that this fact and govern ourselves accordingly. It is not just transportation technology that is having this effect. As a recent study has pointed out, much of the travel we do in order to communicate is being rendered unnecessary by modern communication and data processing techniques. We may regret the decline of the central city, but that is not a sufficient reason for insisting on preserving an obsolete form of urban organization.