Fracking is today among the most important issues facing New York and many other states, and raises pivotal precedent-setting land use questions. ESF Steering Committee members Environmental Advocates of New York and New York League of Conservation Voters have taken […]
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Smart Growth Roundup for the Week of Feb. 13, 2012
Inner Loop graphic courtesy of The City of Rochester Happy Friday! There’s lots of infrastructure-related news this week, and that’s a good thing, because we’re heavily focused on infrastructure repair and reform. Enjoy what we’ve lassoed for this week’s […]
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Smart Growth Roundup for the Week of February 6, 2012
Welcome to this week’s Smart Growth Roundup! This week we share quite a bit of interesting local news from around the state. As always, we welcome your suggestions for future Roundups. Local/Regional The pressure on parking in NYC Adirondack […]
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Smart Growth Roundup for the Week of January 23, 2012
Each week Empire State Future scans the state for land use and development news, from the best-of-the-best to the worst-of-the-worst. We also pick up a few particularly interesting stories from the nation and world. These weekly Smart Growth Roundups are […]
continue readingGovernor Cuomo talks infrastructure in State of State; advoc…
(January 6, 2012) In his State of the State address, Governor Andrew Cuomo shared his plan to invest $15 billion in the state’s sagging infrastructure , to include roads, bridges, water infrastructure, parks, and flood control projects. But transit advocates […]
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A rail transit alternative to multi-billion dollar Tappan Ze…
(January 9) Nyack News and Views shares a recent post on the blog Pedestrian Observations that explains in great detail how restoring service to rail lines traversing Rockland, Orange, and Bergen (N.J.) Counties can decrease dependency and traffic on the […]
continue readingEditorial suggests a way forward for wind power in New York
(December 25, 2011) The Director of the New York Alliance for Clean Energy suggests ways to make wind power achieve economic and environmental benefits without running roughshod over local communities and their ecologies. Read Carole Murphy’s editorial in the Albany […]
continue readingWriter zeroes in on stark implications of degraded infrastru…
(December 25, 2011) The St. Louis Beacon printed a provocative guest essay on the importance of–and ominous, oblivious attitudes towards–our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. Read the guest essay in the St. Louis Beacon […]
continue readingTimes-Union editorial laments the politics that doomed the S…
(December 15, 2011) Last month, Congress did away with the Housing and Community Development’s Sustainable Communities Program. An Obama initiative to support communities’ efforts towards smart growth and sustainable development, it was axed in the House of Representatives. In his […]
continue readingA Case for Congestion
(December 14, 2011) John Norquist, President and CEO of the Congress for the New Urbanism and Mayor of Milwaukee from 1988 to 2004, explains in Atlantic Cities why traffic congestion is actually a good thing. The Case for Congestion in […]
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