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How to fix local transit and road planning

August 3, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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globalwarming, landuse, metropolitanregions, MPO, reauthorization, regionalplanning, smartgrowth, transportation

Our nation's metro regions need stronger tools to address transportation and land use issues.  I haven't turned to the issue of metropolitan regionalism in a while (last time was in April), but a new column by Bill Hudnut on Citiwire...continued

New census numbers confirm that sprawl is losing its grip

March 19, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably

Tags:
census, landuse, markettransformation, smartgrowth, sprawl

I've written about this before, but this week there's new evidence that sprawl is on the decline, and more people are getting it.  There are quite a few news stories this morning about the latest census data, but I'll link...continued

California governor signs landmark smart growth bill!

October 1, 2008

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

Tags:
emissions, globalwarming, landuse, planning, sb375, schwarzenegger, smartgrowth, sprawl

  In arguably the most important public policy development for smart growth this decade, California's governor Schwarzenegger has signed SB 375 (reported on by yours truly in July), a new law that will require land use planning to meet greenhouse-gas...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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