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“Dangerous by Design 2016” is coming
Where is it most dangerous to be a pedestrian in the United States? On January 10, 2017, Smart Growth America will release Dangerous by Design 2016, our flagship report about the American epidemic of...
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The WalkUP Wake-Up Call: New York
New York is the most pedestrian-friendly city in the country. Yet for all its reputation as a walker’s paradise, just 2.4 percent of the total regional land mass in New York is considered “walkable...
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The best Complete Streets policy in the country is…
Mark your calendar! On Wednesday, May 8, 2019 we’re unveiling our ranking of the best Complete Streets policies of 2018. For an in-depth look at how policies fared this year—and how our grading has...
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Repair Priorities 2019: more money won’t fix our infrastructure problems
It’s Infrastructure Week again and politicians are back at it, bemoaning our “crumbling roads and bridges” and insisting we must spend more to fix the problem. But we’ve got some cold water to throw on...
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Powerful research fuels effective advocacy
This year, Smart Growth America continued to produce vital research and other content that is changing the conversation around critical issues—like the epidemic of pedestrians struck and killed by...
View ArticleThe Congestion Con: How more lanes and more money equals more traffic
In an expensive effort to curb congestion in urban regions, the United States has overwhelmingly prioritized one strategy: widening and building new highways. We added 30,511 new freeway lane-miles of...
View ArticleA Green New Deal for City and Suburban Transportation
In February 2019, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Senator Ed Markey introduced the Green New Deal to Congress, momentous legislation that, if passed, would set goals for future...
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In the zone with form-based codes
The results are in: places that adopt form-based zoning codes generally perform better economically than places regulated by more conventional, Euclidean zoning—and there’s evidence that the former...
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Growing a Clean Economy—A collaborative Climate Change, Health & Equity...
Smart Growth America has partnered with Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE) on a collaborative project to advance energy equity and economic inclusion in southwest Atlanta by providing both...
View ArticleGrowing a Clean Economy: An Analysis of Equitable Employment Opportunities in...
Smart Growth America has partnered with Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE) on a collaborative project—part of the Kresge Foundation’s Climate Change, Health, and Equity (CCHE) initiative—to advance...
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