Smart Growth Reports

Growing Cooler	2007-09-20
The phrase â€œyou canâ€™t get there from hereâ€ has a new application. A commonly accepted US target for climate stabilization is achieve a 60 to 80 percent reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050 relative to 1990 levels in the United States. But this paper demonstrates that the transport sector must contribute to this goal, and the transport sector cannot do its fair share through vehicle and fuel technology alone. We have to sharply reduce the growth in vehicle miles driven across the U.S.â€™s sprawling urban areas, reversing trends that go back decades.
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Creating Livable Communities Through Transit: An Analysis of the Potential Benefits of Transit Oriented Communities on the Denver Metro Region	2004-10-14
The build out of the proposed regional transit system envisioned under FasTracks would present the Denver metro area with an enormous opportunity to create new exciting transit-oriented neighborhoods and communities that will offer new housing options, small urban centers throughout the region and expanded lifestyle choices.
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The Fiscal Cost of Sprawl	2003-12-11
The high cost of providing and maintaining infrastructure for sprawling development hurts taxpayers and contributes to the fiscal crises facing many Colorado local governments.
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