“Smart Growth is development that’s good for the economy, the community, the environment, and public health,” according to Geoff Anderson, President of Smart Growth America of Washington, DC who spoke recently at an energy symposium in Central New York. Smart […]
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Recession provides a dramatic drop in traffic congestion acr…
The nationwide recession has provided a laboratory-style study of traffic congestion in America, which has dropped dramatically in 2009 according to INRIX, a traffic information provider based in Washington State. While the total number of vehicle miles traveled has reportedly […]
continue readingSenate Movement on Rehabilitation Tax Credit
Recent legislative activity on an expanded Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit bill has proponents sensing a good possibility for enacting the measure into law during this session in Albany. Assemblyman Sam Hoyt (D-Buffalo) and Senator David Valesky (D-Syracuse) are co-sponsors of […]
continue readingTransportation & Smart Growth take center stage at Caze…
Communities can change development patterns for the better; an improved energy grid is an important component of high-speed rail; and incremental “fast rail” is attainable in the near future in New York, according to state and national leaders addressing a […]
continue readingGreenhouse gas emissions should be considered as part of env…
New York has many laws that contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but no statewide comprehensive strategy with a specific, measurable and binding reduction target. So says the New York State Bar Association in a 56-page task force report on […]
continue readingA Bold New Vision For Our Cities Is Needed Now
The current economic crisis may actually offer a propitious chance to attain more “sustainable, livable and socially just cities,” according to Nicolai Ouroussoff’s article “Reinventing America’s Cities: The Time Is Now” in Sunday’s New York Times. Calling for a bold […]
continue readingExecutive Director’s Blog
With Economic Stimulus stories saturating the news, it’s easy to lose track of other major legislative work in Washington this year, and one of the most important subjects under development at the moment is a new surface transportation bill. Here […]
continue readingTexas sprawl plan is poster child for stimulus ills
Readers of the New York Times last Monday may have been mystified by the page one story headlined, “Stimulus Ideals Conflict on the Texas Prairie” about a long-planned, 180-mile outer-beltway toll road that would stretch through seven Texas counties and […]
continue readingState Grants promote sustainable transportation
A “by the hour” car rental business in Syracuse, a “pod car” study for inner-city transportation in Ithaca, an examination of empty truck trips with an eye toward greater load utilization in New York City, and an assessment of moving […]
continue readingProject touted as game-changer on Long Island
While many Smart Growth proponents are focused on obvious economic and quality of life gains that can be made by nurturing Upstate New York’s older industrial areas, a huge project on Long Island has been proposed that’s a potential game-changer […]
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