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Missing the point on how to reduce traffic deaths

The cost of traffic accidents is horrendous, but epidemiologists and The New York Times seem at a loss as to how to combat it.

0 Thu, Sep 2nd 2010 7:29am

Suburbia is sublime; why try to become a big city?

A columnist for The Virginian-Pilot, Kerry Dougherty, loves her suburbia.

0 Tue, Aug 31st 2010 6:46pm

New York smart growth bill signed by Gov. Paterson

The Smart Growth Public Policy Infrastructure Policy Act, which aims to spend more of the New York State’s tax money on infrastructure in compact communities and less of it in sprawling locations, was signed into law at 8 PM Aug. 30 by Gov. David Paterson.

0 Tue, Aug 31st 2010 6:25pm

California selects models for sustainable land use

Thirteen new urban and smart growth developments were named as Catalyst Projects on August 24 by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).

0 Wed, Aug 25th 2010 1:10pm

HUD announces $124 million for HOPE VI and $65 million for new 'Choice Neighborhoods' program

The federal HOPE VI program will disburse $124 million for five or six public housing redevelopment projects in the coming fiscal year, officials of the US Department of Housing & Urban Development announced today.

0 Wed, Aug 25th 2010 1:08pm

Livable Communities Act advances in Senate

Bill to establish a federal Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities wins passage from Senate Banking Committee on party-line vote.

0 Tue, Aug 10th 2010 5:20pm

'Formula businesses' restricted

One of the latest communities to restrict "formula businesses" is Provincetown, Massachusetts.

0 Fri, Aug 6th 2010 1:56pm

Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy Act

New York State this summer adopted a Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy Act.

0 Fri, Aug 6th 2010 1:40pm

CA developers fight weakening of greenhouse gas laws

Meanwhile, the state’s urban developers are looking to create TOD projects along a future 70-mile passenger rail line.

Pro 0 Fri, Jul 30th 2010 12:49pm

Livable Communities bill up for Senate vote

The US Senate is close to moving a bill forward that would help cities and towns integrate housing with "smart" transportation systems, according to Transportation for America.

0 Fri, Jul 30th 2010 12:01pm

Major California planning document urges dramatic change in state's development

'Vision California,' authorized by Gov. Schwarzenegger, calls for compact development, less driving, and a more sustainable lifestyle.

0 Thu, Jul 29th 2010 10:22pm

CNU, EPA join to form "Rainwater Initiative"

0 Tue, Jun 15th 2010 11:52am

Feds pursue NU agenda with more funds and holistic policies

HUD will use “location efficiency” as a criterion for awarding billions of dollars in government grants.

Pro 0 Tue, Jun 15th 2010 2:38pm

A new report from the Victoria Transport Policy Institute

0 Tue, Jun 15th 2010 12:05pm

Targeting smart growth in New York State

The state Smart Growth program, which began in 2007 under then-Governor Eliot Spitzer, has taken a geographically targeted approach to allocating resources.

Pro 0 Fri, Jun 11th 2010 2:13pm

Research

Numbers don’t lie: HOPE VI has worked wonders

A recent study by Sean Zielenbach of the Housing Research Foundation in Washington, DC, is comprehensive and breathtaking.

0 Tue, Feb 16th 2010 2:12pm

Village-style development pays, according to study

Sarasota 2050 Plan, a ground-breaking regional analysis, calls for infill redevelopment, new villages, and open space preservation. Amajor regional plan nearing completion in Sarasota County, Florida, makes a fiscal case for the New Urbanism.

0 Tue, Feb 16th 2010 2:09pm