Transcript Smart Growth - Broward County, Florida

Smart Growth
Enhancing Our Communities
What is Smart Growth?
Smart growth
is well-planned
development that
protects open space,
revitalizes communities,
keeps housing
affordable and provides
more transportation
choices.
What is Urban Sprawl?
Sprawl
is irresponsible
development that takes
our tax dollars away
from our communities
and destroys farmland
and open space
Roads taken in the last 100 years
By policy and
then by design
the environment
was built around
the automobile
instead of people
Photos: (Top) Fort Lauderdale Historical Society, Inc. (Bottom) Anthony
Abbate
Sunrise Blvd and Federal Hwy
The old way:
•Unsustainable
•Designed in the 40s
•How do you get across
to shop?
Photo: Anthony Abbate
Sprawl vs. Smart Growth
Why Do
People Prefer
Smart
Growth?
Smart Growth Provides Safe Places to Walk, Bicycle and Tricycle
Smart Growth Provides More Transportation Choices
Why Do
People Prefer
Smart
Growth?
Smart Growth Protects the Health of People and the Environment
Why Do
People Prefer
Smart
Growth?
A reduction in vehicle
emissions is a
reduction in our carbon
footprint.
Fewer miles traveled =
less CO2
Sustainability and the man-made environment.
Quality of Life
- Better Access,
Less Traffic
- Mixing Land Uses
- Clustering
Development
- Multiple
Transportation
Choices
Quality of Life
Improving the
quality of our
neighborhoods so
they are:
- Safe
- Convenient
- Attractive
- Affordable
Walkable Streets
Sidewalks are a
part of the
transportation
infrastructure.
There is federal and
state funding for it
SFRPC
Transit Shelter
Smart Growth Achieves the Right Balance
Smart Growth
enhances our
communities
Project Caine
FIU Solar
House
Bob Caine’s
House – 10 Kw