[S-C] Fwd: NGA Reports on Smart Growth

[Kevin Shrieve]

Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 09:48:04 -0500
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=46rom: Mollie Barwis <mbarwis@ICFCONSULTING.COM>
Subject: NGA Reports on Smart Growth and Greenhouse Gas Reduction

***NGA Reports on Smart Growth and Greenhouse Gas Reduction

The National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices has
released =93Growing with Less Greenhouse Gases,=94 a report that suggests
expanding transportation choices, conserving greenspaces, and promoting new
community designs as effective growth strategies for reducing greenhouse
gases. =93States have proven that there are innovative ways to both mitigate
the negative impact of growth and foster economic development while helping
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,=94 said John Thomasian, director of NGA=
=92s
Center for Best Practices. =93This report will help governors as they develo=
p
policies to continue that trend.=94

The report highlights many best practices and successful state initiatives,
including efforts to expand transportation choices. Specific transportation
strategies highlighted in the report include

=95 creating incentives that increase public transit use;

=95 promoting bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly transportation options; and

=95 linking transportation funding to effective growth management strategies=
=2E

=20 The report also suggests that greenhouse gas emissions can be lowered by
using land-use designs that promote transit-oriented development,
encouraging infill and mixed-use development, conserving greenspaces (which
can serve as carbon sinks), and reducing energy use in commercial and
residential buildings.

To read the report, visit the following link.
http://www.nga.org/center/divisions/1,1188,C_ISSUE_BRIEF^D_4666,00.html

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