This document summarizes the benefits of smart growth development compared to urban sprawl. It discusses how smart growth leads to lower household transportation costs, safer communities, healthier lifestyles, and preservation of farmland and green space. Smart growth also provides more mobility options, reduces infrastructure costs, and achieves equity goals. While requiring some additional upfront subsidies, smart growth provides significant long-term economic, social, and environmental returns on investment. Professional organizations support smart growth policies for their multiple advantages over sprawl.
AIA Communities by Design Pacific Beach/Mission Beach SDAT PresentationCrowdbrite
Pacific Beach and Mission Beach are coastal communities within the City of San Diego. This American Institute of Architects SDAT report summarizes recommendations to become a model sustainable community. The goal is to generate grass-roots local action to define issues and create an Eco-District, with strategies and solutions that can be applied to other neighborhoods.
Todd Litman of the Victoria Transportation Institute reports on the history of desirability of living locations, and how our automobile dependent society has fueled sprawl development. Mr. Litman also outlines the benefits of Smart Growth development and how growing trends, "changing attitudes about urban living," "increasing health and environmental concerns" and "shifting assumptions about suburban real estate values" are making headway in support of transportation and planning reforms that can transform our regions and communities into healthier, more functional, and beautiful places.
RV 2014: Rurban Solutions: Strategies for Small and Midsize Communities by Sa...Rail~Volution
Rurban Solutions: Strategies for Small and Midsize Communities
Rural + Urban. What are the challenges faced -- and shared -- by small and midsize cities? Peer through the "rurban" lens: Explore strategies for integrating transportation, land use, energy and affordable housing. Learn how to improve choices for low- and moderate-income households to reduce transportation costs, connect workers to jobs and facilitate upward mobility. How can we create places that are vital and healthy? Look at local economies and public spending, as well as retrofitting urban transportation for rurban use. Much is written about large urban strategies. Discover solutions for the often-overlooked quieter corners of our nation, where placemaking is just as important for creating successful and rewarding lives.
Moderator: Roger M. Millar, Vice President, Smart Growth America, Washington, DC
Sarah Graham, Principal, Strategic Economics, Berkeley, California
James Bruckbauer, Transportation Policy Specialist, Michigan Land Use Institute, Traverse City, Michigan
David Johnson, Director of Planning, Roaring Forks Transportation Authority, Carbondale, Colorado
AIA Communities by Design Pacific Beach/Mission Beach SDAT PresentationCrowdbrite
Pacific Beach and Mission Beach are coastal communities within the City of San Diego. This American Institute of Architects SDAT report summarizes recommendations to become a model sustainable community. The goal is to generate grass-roots local action to define issues and create an Eco-District, with strategies and solutions that can be applied to other neighborhoods.
Todd Litman of the Victoria Transportation Institute reports on the history of desirability of living locations, and how our automobile dependent society has fueled sprawl development. Mr. Litman also outlines the benefits of Smart Growth development and how growing trends, "changing attitudes about urban living," "increasing health and environmental concerns" and "shifting assumptions about suburban real estate values" are making headway in support of transportation and planning reforms that can transform our regions and communities into healthier, more functional, and beautiful places.
RV 2014: Rurban Solutions: Strategies for Small and Midsize Communities by Sa...Rail~Volution
Rurban Solutions: Strategies for Small and Midsize Communities
Rural + Urban. What are the challenges faced -- and shared -- by small and midsize cities? Peer through the "rurban" lens: Explore strategies for integrating transportation, land use, energy and affordable housing. Learn how to improve choices for low- and moderate-income households to reduce transportation costs, connect workers to jobs and facilitate upward mobility. How can we create places that are vital and healthy? Look at local economies and public spending, as well as retrofitting urban transportation for rurban use. Much is written about large urban strategies. Discover solutions for the often-overlooked quieter corners of our nation, where placemaking is just as important for creating successful and rewarding lives.
Moderator: Roger M. Millar, Vice President, Smart Growth America, Washington, DC
Sarah Graham, Principal, Strategic Economics, Berkeley, California
James Bruckbauer, Transportation Policy Specialist, Michigan Land Use Institute, Traverse City, Michigan
David Johnson, Director of Planning, Roaring Forks Transportation Authority, Carbondale, Colorado
A brief overview of the importance of active transportation and its place in rural communities. This presentation is a class assignment for EDRD*6000 at the University of Guelph
Rural and Small Urban Mobility Mobility Overview RPO America
Overview presentation on mobility in rural America and examples of transportation innovations for smaller areas from September 20, 2021 Rural and Small Urban Mobility Innovations Workshop hosted by NADO Research Foundation, Montana State University Western Transportation Institute, and National Rural Transit Assistance Program (National RTAP).
Access Nashville is a comprehensive framework for the city’s multimodal transportation network to support Nashville’s quality of life and manage growth, development, and preservation through the year 2040 and beyond. Access Nashville provides a coordinated roadmap for the development of the entire transportation network over the next 25 years. It provides a set of Accessibility Principles, Implementation Strategies, Strategic Initiatives, and a shared Evaluation Framework that allow agencies to collaborate and coordinate around the community’s desired transportation vision.
Mariia Zimmerman
Vice President For Policy
Reconnecting America
www.reconnectingamerica.org
Reconnecting America is a national non-profit organization working to integrate transportation systems and the communities
they serve with the goal of generating lasting public and private returns, improving economic and environmental efficiency, and
giving consumers more housing and mobility choices. Reconnecting America provides the public and private sectors with an impartial, fact-based perspective on development-oriented transit and transit-oriented development, and seeks to reinvent the planning and delivery system for building regions and communities around transit and walking rather than solely around the
automobile.
Smart Growth – A Blueprint for Sustainable, Energy Efficient Communities: Gov...Alliance To Save Energy
Presentation from the Alliance to Save Energy's 2010 Great Energy Efficiency Day, which took place on March 10, 2010 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
A brief overview of the importance of active transportation and its place in rural communities. This presentation is a class assignment for EDRD*6000 at the University of Guelph
Rural and Small Urban Mobility Mobility Overview RPO America
Overview presentation on mobility in rural America and examples of transportation innovations for smaller areas from September 20, 2021 Rural and Small Urban Mobility Innovations Workshop hosted by NADO Research Foundation, Montana State University Western Transportation Institute, and National Rural Transit Assistance Program (National RTAP).
Access Nashville is a comprehensive framework for the city’s multimodal transportation network to support Nashville’s quality of life and manage growth, development, and preservation through the year 2040 and beyond. Access Nashville provides a coordinated roadmap for the development of the entire transportation network over the next 25 years. It provides a set of Accessibility Principles, Implementation Strategies, Strategic Initiatives, and a shared Evaluation Framework that allow agencies to collaborate and coordinate around the community’s desired transportation vision.
Mariia Zimmerman
Vice President For Policy
Reconnecting America
www.reconnectingamerica.org
Reconnecting America is a national non-profit organization working to integrate transportation systems and the communities
they serve with the goal of generating lasting public and private returns, improving economic and environmental efficiency, and
giving consumers more housing and mobility choices. Reconnecting America provides the public and private sectors with an impartial, fact-based perspective on development-oriented transit and transit-oriented development, and seeks to reinvent the planning and delivery system for building regions and communities around transit and walking rather than solely around the
automobile.
Smart Growth – A Blueprint for Sustainable, Energy Efficient Communities: Gov...Alliance To Save Energy
Presentation from the Alliance to Save Energy's 2010 Great Energy Efficiency Day, which took place on March 10, 2010 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
A Power Point presentation on Smart Growth, by Alex Graziani, from the Smart Growth Partnership of Westmoreland County. This Power Point was presented at the SWPA Housing Alliance's Smart Growth and Housing Round Table (April, 2008).
Infrastructure Finance – Building for Growth - SMART CITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE ...Resurgent India
There’s no simple definition for smart cities. The term encompasses a vision of an urban space that is ecologically friendly, technologically integrated and meticulously planned, with a particular reliance on the use of information technology to improve efficiency
City of NMB :: Smart Growth Presentation :: 2007Gregory Lipscomb
Smart growth is a better way to build and maintain our towns and cities. Smart growth means building urban, suburban and rural communities with housing and transportation choices near jobs, shops and schools. This approach supports local economies and protects the environment.
At the heart of the American dream is the simple hope that each of us can choose to live in a neighborhood that is beautiful, safe, affordable and easy to get around. Smart growth does just that. Smart growth creates healthy communities with strong local businesses. Smart growth creates neighborhoods with schools and shops nearby and low-cost ways to get around for all our citizens. Smart growth creates jobs that pay well and reinforces the foundations of our economy. Americans want to make their neighborhoods great, and smart growth strategies help make that dream a reality.
Visit www.smartgrowthamerica.org to learn more.
Smart Growth is for the community and neighborhoods, however its keys are held with the local administration, authorities, urban bodies, policy makers and ruling government. Decoding some myths & implementation parameters to the same can be of immense help.
The complex degradations of the urban spaces and social behaviours, a progressive consesus on topics such as land consumption and urban regeneration, scarcity of resources and permanence of inequalities indicate the needs but also the possibility to influence the public opinin and the production of public policies oriented towards an integration between economy, environment and society .
Presentation tries to portray the context, necessity, role and importance of transportation in the urban context, issues faced by cities in rationalizing transport and options which can be leveraged in making transportation sustainable - which inter alia includes; making cities compact, planning for people, promoting accessibility, limiting mobility, re-ordering the priority for mobility, leveraging mass transportation, technology etc. Presentation stresses the role an d importance of shape and size of the city in making transportation sustainable. Need for changing the approach to urban planning has also been emphasized.
Expanding Clean Transportation & Reducing Wasteful Highways in WIShahla Werner
Discusses Wisconsin driving and demographic trends, our dependence on tar sands oil, transit solutions, along with WisDOT's pattern of spending billions on highways while shortchanging transit and local roads.
Join The Sarasota Chamber, in partnership with Gulf Coast Community Foundation and SRQ Media, as we explore the facts, plans, and future of mobility and transportation in the Sarasota region. This six-week series will cover everything from traffic basics and land use impacts, to traffic studies and roadway improvement plans, and will wrap-up with a look at creative solutions.
What We Will Cover:
Healing The Grid
Multi-Modal Connectivity
New Bridges
Complete Streets
Featured Speaker:
Andrew Georgiadis
President, Georgiadis Urban Design
See Herald-Tribune's Article: http://sarasotaheraldtribune.fl.app.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid=0a1ec5b3f
Istanbul IETT Professional Development Workshop, #4 of 6_Transit & Land UseVTPI
Istanbul IETT Professional Development Workshop, #4 of 6, Transit & Land Use
Presenter: Todd Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Assistant: Aysha Cohen, UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies Scholar
Presentation Date: June 15, 2015
Land Use & Transport Planning_Istanbul IETT Workshop 4_15 June 2015VTPI
Istanbul IETT Professional Development Workshop, #4 of 6
- Presenter: Todd Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute
- Assistant: Aysha Cohen, UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies Scholar
- Presentation Date: June 16, 2015
From South Fraser OnTrax’s debate on whether or not Smart Growth principles are needed in the South of the Fraser. More information at: http://www.southfraser.net/2012/02/smart-growth-debate-media.html
An overview of rapid transit options for the Fraser Valley. Also looks at the Surrey Rapid Transit Study and the UBC Rapid Transit Study. Presentation was by John Schnablegger and Ed Storm.
Presentation by South Fraser OnTrax supporting Township of Langley staff's recommendation to limit commercial floor space in the Jericho Sub-Neighbourhood in Willoughby.
Towards a Less Carbon Intensive Built Environment: Evidence and Ideas for Sou...South Fraser Blog
Andrew Devlin presents the results of some intense research he and his colleagues have recently completed at UBC: Towards a Less Carbon Intensive Built Environment: Evidence and Ideas for South of the Fraser. It looks at the direct relationship between land use and GHG emissions.
TransLink Overview and the Public Consultation ProcessSouth Fraser Blog
From May 12, 2010 South Fraser OnTrax Meeting with special guest speaker Vincent Gonsalves who is the Community Relations Coordinator from TransLink. He speaks on TransLink, TransLink's plans, and the public consultation process.
RCMP Traffic Safety Presentation - British ColumbiaSouth Fraser Blog
Presentation by Supt. Norm Gaumont, the RCMP Officer in charge of the Lower Mainland Traffic Services (LMD). On road and traffic safety statistics, and what has been done to reduce fatalities.
Building Sustainable Communities: Urban Planning in the Portland Metro Regi...South Fraser Blog
Presentation by Oregon Metro Councilor Collette in which she give a general overview of the Metro Portland region and the role of the elected Oregon Metro Council. She gives information on Metro’s role in land-use planning, the urban growth boundary, and the region’s long-term planning document: Region 2040. She focuses on the link between land-use planning and transportation plan, and how Portland is in the business of designing multi-modal transportation corridors today. She also outlines the region’s priorities for high-capacity transport or light rail, and other orders of public and active transit. There is a case study on Tigard.
Presentation by Gordon Price on Motordom (or designing cities/regions around the auto), and the affect that it has on our cities. He also looks at how the pillar need to building auto-oriented communities; cheap, secure energy is coming to a close and that puts us in bad place. He looks at how due to project such as the Gateway Program and lack of transit funding, the South Fraser is looked into a auto-oriented future.
He also presents example of good urban design in Metro Vancouver.
TransLink presentation that looks at the challenge of building transit-oriented development in communities that are auto-oriented. Gives examples including Downtown Surrey (Whalley) and Newton. Also, look at the 5 "D" of TOD: Density, Distance, Destinations, Diversity, and Design.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
Acetabularia Information For Class 9 .docxvaibhavrinwa19
Acetabularia acetabulum is a single-celled green alga that in its vegetative state is morphologically differentiated into a basal rhizoid and an axially elongated stalk, which bears whorls of branching hairs. The single diploid nucleus resides in the rhizoid.
Honest Reviews of Tim Han LMA Course Program.pptxtimhan337
Personal development courses are widely available today, with each one promising life-changing outcomes. Tim Han’s Life Mastery Achievers (LMA) Course has drawn a lot of interest. In addition to offering my frank assessment of Success Insider’s LMA Course, this piece examines the course’s effects via a variety of Tim Han LMA course reviews and Success Insider comments.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
1. Comprehensive
Evaluation of Smart
Growth Benefits
Todd Litman
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Presented
Smart Growth Debate
Langley, BC
23 February 2012
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12. Farmland Preservation Vs Sprawl
• Farms are subdivided.
• Land values and taxes
increase.
• Infrastructure costs rise
(water, sewage,
roads).
• Road traffic increases.
• Farming becomes less
viable, forcing other
farms to subdivide.
13. Farmland Preservation Vs Sprawl
• Farms are subdivided.
• Land values and taxes
increase.
• Infrastructure costs rise
(water, sewage,
roads).
• Road traffic increases.
• Farming becomes less
viable, forcing other
farms to subdivide.
14. Farmland Preservation Vs Sprawl
• Farms are subdivided.
• Land values and taxes
increase.
• Infrastructure costs rise
(water, sewage,
roads).
• Road traffic increases.
• Farming becomes less
viable, forcing other
farms to subdivide.
15. Smart Growth Development
Land use and transport
policies that encourage
development of compact,
mixed, walkable urban
villages where commonly-
used goods and services
(shops, restaurants,
elementary schools, parks,
etc.) are nearby, and high
quality public transit provides
convenient access to other
regional destinations.
Victoria’s Cook Street Village is a example of a
multi-modal urban village where walking,
cycling, automobile and public transport are all
convenient and safe transport options
15
16. Retrofitting Suburbs
Many smaller cities, towns
and suburban strips are now
being retrofitted based on
smart growth principles to
create compact, walkable and
bikeable, mixed use
neighborhoods, reflecting
traditional development
practices.
16
17. Linking the Centers across US29
by Dan Burden, Walkable & Livable Communities Institute
23. Household Transport Costs
Sprawl Smart Growth
Cars per household
Annual transport expenses $18,000 $6,000
Mobility for non-drivers Poor (requires Moderate to good
chauffeuring) (independent mobility)
Commute Automobile Walk, bike, automobile or
convenient public transport
Local errands Auto Walking, cycling and auto
Child’s travel to school and Poor (requires Walking, cycling and
friends chauffeuring) chauffeured in auto
26. Healthy Communities
Walkability
• Improves public
fitness and
health
• Improves
mobility options
for non-drivers
• Transport cost
savings and
affordability
• Increases
community
livability
27. “A Heavy Load” Report
Lower-income households
in neighborhoods located
closer to the central cities
spend a much smaller
portion of their income on
housing and transport than
those located in more
sprawled neighborhoods.
28.
29.
30. Return on Investment
High quality public transit
typically requires about $268 in
additional subsidies and $104
in additional fares annually per
capita, but provides vehicle,
parking and road cost savings
averaging $1,040 per capita,
plus other savings and benefits:
• Parking cost savings.
• Congestion reductions
• Accident reductions
• Pollution reductions Improved
mobility for non-drivers,
• Improved fitness and health
31. Equity
A more diverse transportation
systems helps achieve equity
objectives:
• A fair share of public resources for
non-drivers.
• Financial savings to lower-income
people.
• Increased opportunity to people who
are physically, socially or economically
disadvantaged.
32. Sprawl Is Costly
$10,000
• Increases infrastructure
Annual Transport Expenditurs
and public service costs. $8,000
• Increases transportation $6,000
costs and reduces travel
options. $4,000
• Environmental costs
$2,000
(reduced greenspace and
wildlife habitat). $-
Smart Sprawl
Growth
32
33. Smart Growth Benefits
Economic Social Environmental
Infrastructure cost savings Improved transport options, Greenspace & habitat
particularly for non-drivers preservation
Public service cost savings
Increased housing options Energy savings
Transportation efficiencies
Community cohesion Air pollution reductions
Agglomeration efficiencies
Cultural resource preservation Water pollution reductions
Economic reliance (historic sites, traditional
neighborhoods, etc.) Reduced “heat island”
Supports industries that effect.
depend on high quality Increased physical exercise
environments (tourism, and health
farming, etc.)
33
34. Memo From Future Self
Hope for the best but prepare for the
worst:
• Physical disability – diverse and
integrated transport with universal design
(accommodates people with disabilities
and other special needs).
• Poverty and inflation – affordable
housing in accessible, multi-modal
locations.
• Higher fuel prices – improve efficient
modes (walking, cycling and public
transport).
• Isolation and loneliness – community
cohesion (opportunities for neighbors to
interact in positive ways).
35. Trends Supporting Multi-Modalism
• Motor vehicle saturation.
• Aging population.
• Rising fuel prices.
• Increased urbanization.
• Increased traffic and
parking congestion.
• Rising roadway
construction costs and
declining economic return
from increased roadway
capacity.
• Environmental concerns.
• Health Concerns
36. Housing Demand By Type (Nelson 2006)
The current supply of
large-lot suburban is
approximately adequate
to satisfy demand for
the next two decades.
Most growth will be in
smaller-lot and multi-
family housing.
37. High Quality Public Transit
• Geographic coverage (serves many
worksites, schools, stores, recreational
areas, neighborhoods).
• Relatively fast, reliable and and frequent.
• Comfortable and clean vehicles and
waiting areas.
• Convenient information and payment
systems.
• Affordable relative to incomes and
driving costs.
• Safe and secure.
• Courtesy and responsiveness.
38. Walking and Cycling Improvements
• More investment in
sidewalks, crosswalks,
paths and bike lanes.
• Improved roadway
shoulders.
• More traffic calming.
• Bicycle parking and
changing facilities.
• Encouragement, education
and enforcement programs.
39. Motorists Benefit Too
More balanced transport policy is
no more “anti-car” than a healthy
diet is anti-food. Motorists have
every reason to support these
reforms:
• Reduced traffic and parking
congestion.
• Improved safety.
• Improved travel options.
• Reduced chauffeuring burden.
• Often the quickest and most cost
effective way to improve driving
conditions.
40. Supported by Professional Organizations
• Institute of Transportation
Engineers.
• American Planning Association.
• American Farmland Trust.
• Federal, state, regional and
local planning and
transportation agencies.
• International City/County
Management Association
• National Governor’s Association
• Health organizations.
• And much more...
41. Roadway Costs
Transport Canada reports that in
2009–10, all levels of Canadian
government spent $28.9 billion on
roads, about $900 annually per
capita, and collected $12.1 billion
in fuel taxes and $4.4 billion in
other road user fees, indicating
that in Canada, user fees cover
about 64% of roadway costs.
Transport In Canada: An Overview,
Transport Canada
(www.tc.gc.ca/eng/policy/report-aca-
anre2010-index-2700.htm).
42. “Where We Want To Be: Home Location Preferences & Their Implications for Smart Growth”
“If Health Matters: Integrating Public Health Objectives into Transportation Decision-Making”
“Evaluating Transportation Economic Development Impacts”
“Affordable-Accessible Housing In A Dynamic City”
“The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be”
“Evaluating Smart Growth Benefits”
“Online TDM Encyclopedia”
and more...
www.vtpi.org