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Transit comes up a winner at the ballot box (mostly)

November 11, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , U.S. Law and Policy

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ballotinitiative, california, election, highspeedrail, lightrail, referendum, seattle, smartgrowth, transit

  In addition to choosing our leaders for the next administration and Congress, along with state and local offices, voters last week in many cases also decided referenda and ballot initiatives, many of them having a direct bearing on smart...continued

How the new California smart growth law will work

October 15, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
california, communities, regionalplanning, sb375, smartgrowth, sustainablecommunities

  As I've been writing, two weeks ago California governor Schwarzenegger signed landmark legislation to reduce global warming emissions through smarter regional planning and development.  This is exciting news for everyone interested in building better communities and more sensible patterns...continued

NY Times applauds California smart growth law

October 7, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
california, globalwarming, infill, landuseplanning, planning, sb375, smartgrowth, sprawl

  Last week, I reported that California Governor Schwarzenegger had just signed a landmark law that will require land use planning and corresponding investment to curb global warming emissions:  in a nutshell, smart growth. This morning, The New York Times...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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