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== Traffic flows ==

{{Globalize|article|USA|2name=the United States|date=August 2016}}

Suburbs typically have longer travel times to work than traditional neighborhoods.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bicycleuniverse.info/transpo/roadbuilding-futility.html |title=Why adding lanes makes traffic worse |website=Bicycleuniverse.info |access-date=22 November 2011}}</ref> Only the traffic ''within'' the short streets themselves is less. This is due to three factors:{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}} [[automobile dependency|almost-mandatory automobile ownership]] due to poor suburban [[commuter bus|bus]] systems, longer travel distances and the [[street hierarchy|hierarchy]] system, which is less efficient at distributing traffic than the traditional [[Grid plan|grid]] of streets.

Today more companies settle down in suburbs because of low property costs.

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