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Smart growth is an approach to community design that connects housing, transportation, and land use to create healthy, prosperous, and resilient neighborhoods.
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Smart Growth America cultivates vibrant, sustainable communities with diverse living and transportation options, enhancing quality of life for all.
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Smart Growth America cultivates vibrant, sustainable communities with diverse living and transportation options, enhancing quality of life for all.
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News
By Sean Doyle, September 20, 2019
Policies that require an excessive amount of parking for new development, based on unrealistic standards, can dramatically drive up the cost of housing or business space. And devoting 9-18 feet of street space for on-street parking takes up a lot of land that could otherwise be used for wider sidewalks, bike/scooter lanes, rain gardens, and—as PARK(ing) Day illustrates—many other public uses.
Below are a few of the "parklets" scattered around our office in Washington, DC and what their creators had to say about them.
Island Press
Walkable City Rules and Tactical Urbanism that inform the way people think about cities and urban life. This initiative demonstrates how streets and city life could be more safe, sustainable, and enjoyable."
American Society of Landscape Architects
ZipCar
Heurich House Museum
DowntownDC Business Improvement District
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