Conclusion

• Published in: Green Community pp. 154 - 159
• Main Author: Blumenauer, Earl
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2009
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Green Infrastructure Implementation; Transit Capacity; Dakotas; Historic Preservation Policies; Large Scale Urban Regions; Climate Protection Agreement; Addressing Traffic Congestion; CRP Land; Megapolitan Areas; Gifford Pinchot; Livable Communities Places; Preservation's Main Street Program; Higher Tax Bases; Global Economic Meltdown; Green Infrastructure; Effective Public Participation; High Plains Aquifer; Gasoline Purchases; Lexington Fayette County; UGB; Motor Vehicle Fatality Rates; Metropolitan Planning Organizations; Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center; Walkable Downtown; Energy Resources
• ISBN: 9781932364743; 1932364749
• DOI: 10.4324/9781351179690-23

Many communities are rethinking the function and design of their street networks. Communities are also rethinking outdated zoning codes, to allow a mixture of residential and commercial zoning. This change enables people to live close to their work, eliminating traffic congestion and the need to provide additional roadway and transit capacity. By aligning zoning, design, tax, and historic preservation policies, communities both large and small are encouraging location-sensitive development while enabling developers to create products appropriate to the community. Communities are also finding that aligning local, state, and federal policies on the same objective can speed the development process, saving money for jurisdictions and developers alike. Green communities' time has obviously come. Communities are discovering the power of effective public participation. The good news is that green communities can be created regardless of community size, location, diversity, demographics, or economics; thoughtful land-use and transportation policies and investments have the potential to transform communities everywhere.