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Suburban sprawl has
tremendous implications
for how
California can
handle its projected
population increases
and housing, jobs, and
transportation needs in
the decades ahead. The
amount of land consumed - much of it in the form of productive farmland or valuable open
space - as well as the separation over vast distances of shops, homes and businesses that is
the norm in current growth patterns has a tremendous impact on our transportation system.
Learn more. Read more.
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Our website now features information on the
latest trend happening in the state and nationwide-- regional visioning and
development of alternative scenarios for future growth. How is your region planning to accommodate
growth, as the state's population doubles in fifty years? Check out the highlights of the regional
visioning efforts emerging around California and across the nation. The following cases can serve as a
foundation for integrating land uses, transportation systems, infrastructure
needs, and public investment strategies for regions across the nation. These unprecedented efforts require a
commitment from local elected officials working together with residents,
community and business leaders, and other stakeholders. Click here.
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A
recently signed state law can make the creation of infill housing and
transit-oriented development easier. An STPP sponsored
bill (SB 1636-Figueroa), this law removes a state regulation
traditionally delaying or blocking infill developments and
preventing the creation of affordable housing located near
shops, services and public transit. Read more.
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Learn
more about how legislation can encourage smart growth. An
STPP-sponsored smart growth legislation, AB2140, was signed into law by Governor Davis in October 2000.
It encourages regional transportation planning agencies to conduct alternative growth scenarios as a part of their twenty year regional transportation plans.
Learn more.
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Part of growing smarter in the golden state involves an aggressive move towards providing more housing choices in existing urban and suburban areas, close to public transit and affordable for Californians of all income levels.
Read about the innovative ways San Mateo County and the Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission have
used transportation money as housing incentives. Click here. |
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Read
about the experience of the Transportation for Livable
Communities Program in the central valley.
Read about the Fresno Growth Alternatives Alliance's
smart growth principles, which has served as a model for other
regions.
Learn more about the intersection between transportation and land use by
visiting the California Futures Network
website.
Smart growth efforts are not so smart unless they include social equity.
The Location Efficient Mortgage is helping to make housing closer to transit more affordable.
Find out how.
Land consumption in California has vastly outpaced population but closely mirrored the growth in
driving.
Real estate experts are warning investors to steer clear of sprawl. Why?
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