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The megaregions of the United States are eleven regions of the United States that contain two or more roughly adjacent urban metropolitan areas that, through commonality of systems, including transportation, economies, resources, and ecologies, experience blurred boundaries between the urban centers, perceive and act as if they are a continuous urban area.
[8] [9] [10] The America 2050 project identified 11 Megaregions of the United States, including the Great Lakes Megalopolis. [11] The Canadian part of the region is also referred to as the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor, and the densest part in Southern Ontario has long been known as the Golden Horseshoe. [citation needed]
America 2050 Staff (February 19, 2022). "Megaregions". America 2050. Archived from the original (homepage) on May 16, 2017 – via RPA.org. {}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list Starting point for access to articles from the America 2050 effort, while it was active. Note, an earlier cited article by Matt Taylor, on urban transit issues ...
In 2005, the Regional Plan Association launched its program, America 2050, which outlined 11 megaregions of the United States, including a "Northern California Megaregion." [11] This proposed region extended from Monterey to Sonoma County and from Fresno to Reno, Nevada.
Map of the 11 megaregions of the United States, with the Northeast megalopolis highlighted in red in the upper right The concept of megalopolises originated with Jean Gottmann , a French geographer who wrote Megalopolis , a book whose central theory was that the cities between Washington, D.C., and Boston together form a sort of cohesive ...
The megaregions were initially identified by America 2050 as areas that should have highspeed rail by 2050. [5] According to America 2050’s four phase plan the Front Range would have highspeed rail on Phase 3 of the plan and the line would stretch from Denver, Colorado to Albuquerque, New Mexico. [6]
Molly Hopkins, age 30, has become well-acquainted with the Amtrak—America’s national rail. Her corporate odyssey begins as she walks out of her door at 6:30 in the morning.
America 2050, [3] an organization sponsored by the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations, lists 11 megaregions in the United States and Canada. [4] This includes the Southern and Northern California megaregions in which Southern California includes Greater Los Angeles, San Diego–Tijuana, the Inland Empire and Las Vegas Valley. [5]