Smart growth is development that revitalizes central cities and older suburbs, supports and enhances public transit, promotes walking and bicycling, and preserves open spaces and agricultural lands. With smart growth, diverse segments of the population share in economic prosperity, environmental quality and future growth planning.
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View our May 2003 report: Best and Worst Developments of the Bay Area
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The Coalition’s vision for Smart Growth includes:
· More quality affordable housing, especially for people of low- and very-low incomes
· · Alternatives to driving alone, including cost-effective, available, affordable public transit service and neighborhoods where residents can safely walk and bike
· · Revitalization of under-utilized city and suburban centers, especially in transit-rich areas, without displacement of existing residents
· · Ensuring social equity, environmental protection, and economic viability 
· · Promoting compact, infill, transit-oriented, mixed-use and mixed-income development 
· · Locating quality jobs in areas of existing work force housing, and along major transportation lines and hubs
 
   

Update: 09/17/2003 

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