Some questionable stats in today's New York Times...

[curtiss_leung at ibi.com]

     All:

     

        I came across some statistics on land development today's NY Times 

     that must be bogus.  In a column about overdevelopment, John Tierney 

     cites a " Samuel R. Staley, an urban economist who has done a study on 

     sprawl for the Reason Public Policy Institute," as the source of these 

     figures: 

     

        -- in 1992, 95.3 of American land was undeveloped

        -- today, 95.1 of American land is undeveloped

     

     Does anyone know a source for other figures?  And does anyone have any 

     background on Staley or the Reason Public Policy Institute, e.g., is 

     it linked to Reason magazine?

     

     Thanks,

     --

     Curtiss