Smart growth 101
Smart growth is a holistic approach to community design that uses interdisciplinary land use and transportation strategies.
About us
Smart Growth America cultivates vibrant, sustainable communities with diverse living and transportation options, enhancing quality of life for all.
Our work
Smart Growth America cultivates vibrant, sustainable communities with diverse living and transportation options, enhancing quality of life for all.
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Impact
Smart Growth America cultivates vibrant, sustainable communities with diverse living and transportation options, enhancing quality of life for all.
Events
Throughout the year, we host a number of in-person and virtual events covering topics related to public health, social equity, and climate resilience.
Knowledge hub
We offer a library of case studies, videos, and reports to support policymakers, practitioners, and advocates interested in advancing smart growth.
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Focus Areas
Transportation and Complete Streets
Imagine an America where every community - rural or urban - has a transportation system that provides seamless access to jobs, healthcare, education, and opportunities.
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Our transportation system fails to get people where they need to go safely and efficiently. We're working to change that.
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To build healthier, more prosperous places for all, our team focuses on caring for what exists, expanding access to opportunity, designing safe streets, broadening transit service, improving community well-being, and making smarter transportation investment decisions.
Program
Complete Streets
Complete Streets are universal streets designed and operated to enable safe use and support mobility for all users.
Program
Transportation for America
Transportation for America strives to safely connects people to jobs, services, and opportunities through various travel modes.
Resources
News
Advocacy
Help us shape the future of sustainable communities. Be an advocate for smart growth policies for healthy, prosperous, and resilient neighborhoods. Act now!
Programs & Coalitions
Meet the Smart Growth America affiliate programs and coalitions: Transportation and Complete Streets.
Transportation for America is an advocacy organization made up of local, regional, and state leaders who envision a transportation system that safely, affordably, and conveniently connects people of all means and abilities to jobs, services, and opportunities through multiple modes of travel.
The State Smart Transportation Initiative is a project of Smart Growth America and the High Road Strategy Center, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The National Complete Streets Coalition, a program of Smart Growth America, is a non-profit, non-partisan alliance of public interest organizations and transportation professionals committed to the development and implementation of Complete Streets policies and practices.
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