Comments on: Reducing emissions block by block http://blog.smartgrowthamerica.org/2008/05/08/are-the-terms-of-the-discussion-beginning-to-shift/ News from around the country on creating better choices for our communities Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:56:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Warming Law » Cities Deliver an Energy Smackdown! and More State Climate News http://blog.smartgrowthamerica.org/2008/05/08/are-the-terms-of-the-discussion-beginning-to-shift/comment-page-1/#comment-1833 Warming Law » Cities Deliver an Energy Smackdown! and More State Climate News Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:48:04 +0000 http://blog.smartgrowthamerica.org/?p=206#comment-1833 [...] Steve Davis, responding to a quote in Eilperin’s piece from California AG Jerry Brown, waxes optimistic that the real estate market is beginning to shift in favor of more walkable, lower-emitting [...] [...] Steve Davis, responding to a quote in Eilperin’s piece from California AG Jerry Brown, waxes optimistic that the real estate market is beginning to shift in favor of more walkable, lower-emitting [...]

]]> By: Logan http://blog.smartgrowthamerica.org/2008/05/08/are-the-terms-of-the-discussion-beginning-to-shift/comment-page-1/#comment-1728 Logan Thu, 08 May 2008 16:22:25 +0000 http://blog.smartgrowthamerica.org/?p=206#comment-1728 It's definitely great that [some] state governments are beginning to take the lead in supporting smart growth, and even better that housing market trends are beginning to favor walkability and transit access. However, states and local governments simply don't have the resources to put a dent in our auto-dependent way of living and developing. If fewer people are going to be driving their cars to work every day, we need more and better public transportation, and these projects rely on federal funding. If the federal government took even a small portion of the huge amount of money it gives out to highway projects and automotive/airline subsidies and moved them towards transit and interstate passenger rail, it would create a much better environment for local governments and individuals to engage in sustainable growth. It’s definitely great that [some] state governments are beginning to take the lead in supporting smart growth, and even better that housing market trends are beginning to favor walkability and transit access.

However, states and local governments simply don’t have the resources to put a dent in our auto-dependent way of living and developing. If fewer people are going to be driving their cars to work every day, we need more and better public transportation, and these projects rely on federal funding. If the federal government took even a small portion of the huge amount of money it gives out to highway projects and automotive/airline subsidies and moved them towards transit and interstate passenger rail, it would create a much better environment for local governments and individuals to engage in sustainable growth.

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