Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Sprawl

Can High-Density Housing Solve Our Regional Housing Crisis? The Answer: It’s Complicated

By Jason Islas | Aug 28, 2015 | 12 Comments

Southern California Public Radio affiliate KPCC, in partnership with the Milken Institute, assembled a panel of experts Wednesday night to answer the question: can high-density housing solve the housing crisis currently facing L.A. County and California? For those who have been following news about the crippling housing supply crisis in our region, it may not […]

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Taxes Too High? Try Building Walkable, Mixed-Use Development

By Angie Schmitt | May 22, 2013 | No Comments

Smart growth could increase Fresno’s tax revenue by 45 percent per acre. In Champaign, Illinois, it could save 23 percent per year on city services. Study after study has demonstrated: Walkable, mixed-use development is a much better deal for municipalities than car-oriented suburban development. Smart Growth America recently conducted an analysis of research examining the impact […]

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Suburbanization of Poverty Isolates a Growing Number of Americans

By Tanya Snyder | May 22, 2013 | No Comments

Poverty is no longer a predominantly urban problem — and the suburbs are no longer the refuge of the upper classes. There are now almost 3 million more poor people living in suburbs than in cities, according to a new book, “Confronting Suburban Poverty in America,” by Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube of the Brookings […]

SANDAG’s 2050 Transportation Plan Drawing More and More Heat

By Damien Newton | Feb 21, 2012 | 11 Comments

When the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) passed its 2050 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy, it declared a major victory over Greenhouse Gas emissions. The plan was the first plan written to adhere to a 2008 law mandating that long-term transportation plans show a commitment to reducing air pollutants linked to global warming and […]

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UCLA’s Richard Jackson Hosts PBS Series on Urban Design and Public Health

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 30, 2012 | No Comments

“A leading voice for better urban design for the sake of good health.” “A public health/social justice hero.” Dr. Richard Jackson, chair of environmental health at UCLA, is a leading voice for transportation reform whose work has linked America’s sprawl to the nation’s high rates of obesity. The former director of the Center for Disease […]

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Our Stagnant Gas Tax Rate Is Making the Deficit Worse

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 12, 2010 | No Comments

Despite the anti-tax rhetoric of this round of elections, there’s been a little flurry of support for raising the gas tax lately. Two senators just proposed bumping it by 25 cents to replenish the highway trust fund. And the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform included a gas tax hike in its proposal for […]

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