Recent Streetsblog posts about Smart Growth

Rural Areas Need Safe, Sustainable Transportation Now

By Kea Wilson | Oct 6, 2021 | No Comments

Rural communities need policies that make it easier for residents to drive less, a new report argues — but federal politicians keep perpetuating the myth that transit, walking and biking have no place outside mega-cities.

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Talking Headways Podcast: The Built Environment Memory Hole

By Jeff Wood | Sep 9, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Tufts Professor Justin Hollander. Hollander chats with us about a range of topics, including VMT Taxes, using eye-tracking software to measure the effects of the built environment on people’s minds, and the most recent census release.

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Four Bills That Could Loosen Cars’ Grip on Cities

By Kea Wilson | Mar 3, 2021 | No Comments

The next infrastructure package might bring some of sustainable transportation advocates' most long-sought bills back to life — and establish new pots of money for bike lanes, sidewalks, and more.

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OPINION: The Industry City Rezoning Is Bad for Brooklyn

By Marcela Mitaynes | Aug 21, 2020 | No Comments

'It’s a stunning example of the economic exploitation and segregation that characterize gentrifying New York,' argues Assembly candidate Marcela Mitaynes.

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Can Columbus Grow Itself Toward Walkability?

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 30, 2019 | No Comments

The city's new plan would concentrate growth around a few corridors with beefed up transit.

Lisa Ford walks her grandchildren, Cannon Castell; Jada Ford; and Chastity Castell, across a temporary crosswalk.

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Federal Bill Seeks to Prioritize Pedestrians (Albeit A Tiny Bit More)

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 11, 2019 | No Comments

A new federal bill would mandate that 5 percent of all federal highway funds be diverted to "Complete Streets" to hopefully stem the blood tide of pedestrian deaths in this country.

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