What are some positive examples of the federal governments involvement in Smart Growth?
A. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promotes smart growth policies. Programs include the Clean Air Transportation Communities initiative, through which the EPA provides grants for transportation alternatives. The EPA promotes smart growth in other ways, such as its brownfields restoration program and its smart growth national awards programs. Finally, the EPA maintains an informative web site on smart growth. Transportation: Federal transportation spending has an enormous impact on how growth occurs. The legal vehicle through which the Federal government finances transportation is the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21″). Tea-21 expired on September 30, 2003. President Bush has proposed full funding for the Transportation Enhancements program in the SAFETEA proposal he delivered to Congress in May, 2003. A 5-month extension was passed by the House, September 24, 2003. Re-authorization of a full 6 year transportation bill is expected to be cons
