RFP: The Effect of Smart Growth Policies on Travel Demand
The objectives of project C16 are to: (1) Identify where and how smart growth policies and practices should be addressed at key decision points in the transportation planning process to make better...
View Article‘Growing Wealthier’ with smart growth
A Center for Clean Air Policy report released January 19, “Growing Wealthier: Smart Growth, Climate Change, and Prosperity,” offers economic and environmental arguments for smart growth. “We find that...
View ArticleWill ‘intelligent cities’ put an end to suburban sprawl?
Author: Haya El Nasser When the economy was roaring and housing booming, reining in suburban sprawl dominated the development debate under the name of “smart growth.” Now that the economy and housing...
View ArticleNew report reveals smart transportation spending creates jobs, grows the economy
In his State of the Union address, President Obama called on Americans to “out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world” to win the future. To rebuild America, he said, we will aim to...
View ArticleSelection of ‘Smart Growth’ transit plan marks beginning of AATA countywide...
Author: Ryan J. Stanton After months of gaining feedback from the community through public forums and online polls, Ann Arbor Transportation Authority officials say the verdict is clear: Washtenaw...
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