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  <title><![CDATA[Putting the Megaregions Concept into Practice]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>In 2015, with the growing awareness that infrastructure systems have regional impact, Georgia Tech&#39;s Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development partnered with the APA&nbsp;to usher&nbsp;the megaregions concept into planning practice.<br />
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Co-authored by Catherine Ross and Sarah Smith, The report, &quot;Multimodal Planning at the Megaregional Scale,&quot; reviews 50 years of literature and planning documents to provide a framework for megaregional planning.<br />
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Read more at the <a href="https://www.planning.org/nationalcenters/green/megaregions/" target="_blank">APA&#39;s website</a>&nbsp;and read the <a href="https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/megaregions/reports/megaregions_report_2017/fhwahep17091.pdf">latest report</a>.</p>
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