Which was NOT a challenge facing Atlanta in 1998. The metropolitan area had enough room for the rapid population increase.

Atlanta boomed in the 1990's leading the nation in new jobs, homes, and highways. There was not enough room for all the people moving there to live withing the city.

New homes were built at a rapid pace, and people who bought them relied on cars. Air around the Atlanta area grew polluted and there were constant traffic jams.

Hundreds of acres of forests were cut down each week to make room for new homes. The urban fringe sprawled into the rural fringe.