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<br /> program aims to accommodate' growwh and and-ride' rr.untr stations nationwide.
<br /> development over the long lull while impute g the wa(eraluahte tit ncc ( hcsapcakc BA. Trend A: States to the forefront
<br /> u messes arch gunning to rake a out Unnl the 1900 s. ;kw federal •ovrrnmmnt 1001.. _ , p tam
<br /> term new by ;t {ti .; mein urns lit l Loutish the ad n prof c nn g therm nunmenr Ni\4" � ;:
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<br /> ,tncc thratunenn m avoid tunntny al, ul of the states hate h rged ahead on scceral hints. i ': ,`.
<br /> cnvuoninental lnvs and regulations. In add'- t'alumina s air quality and ntuux v-chick,ran- .., ` 3t
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<br /> tiom many aanpames hay,:altered ticirpt,a{, d:uda ay-: niorc sn urgent th.In federd ',tan
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<br /> wen and manufacturing pn,e.eels to siamh t car I P st nsvly rota has created a bnwvuticld
<br /> ncously reduce pollution and save mone+ vie rung and liandtt-, proteutem program that pp r(
<br /> It appears MOT dig effort pas nig Oft 1 he has out rttleped the utotbin n g teen, of the ' ' -� ' �y t''"'
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<br /> Institute l o t S o u t h e r n 'studies his n.tcked rise (.'.S l nauoninc oral Ptnme11011 \hcme and
<br /> ec orrornrc pert amain.e and e nvomme1u l the ( S I)eparmaem of I lousing and I roan , £hut I`ritgh� „ : j r
<br /> gratin a of all at)stns,osing.'.O eumnmac urd Itevelnpntcnr. By 20[11, Maryland's farm art( r s, y,
<br /> 'b ensnonmtan l mdicztors Ilse insncutt land er "` .: +
<br /> I1 .'.anon ls. t.un had spent nox�
<br /> report.(nt/cfaraff(guru.2001A found that seven as lit uch 111,111« 15 t 1,a5grecs had spent to save ""f
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<br /> state, ranked an tO ng the top I 7 for both farmland R.tCIOnWit{t' t
<br /> economic anti ern ironntenr.d health: In nun- ()regon has led the yeas-]n curbing sprawl - ^'
<br /> trasr I(1 states were among the bottom Is on by requir'mg local governments to adopt err-
<br /> both lists. ban g rowth boundaries and strict agricultural k' .
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<br /> uu hive spent more and nberland zoning. l`crmontl ban on ` '
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<br /> money on anvirunm nt:d protcetton and clean. spreading, animal 111.1111114 in the winter rs-
<br /> up than any other eountn in the world I he seeds national best m tnagemmrr praeeiees to !I s
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<br /> bench[s have exceeded the rests.A 1006 study protect wtrrt quaky, In '( 1' Calii 'na #j C
<br /> by the meric n I nterprise Institute e n' passed standard,for carbon dioxide emissions % 4,z
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<br /> mated that the`nets of emirnnmunn) to !solo- from cars,rya[ though such standards do not } k
<br /> [ions were about 5200 billion A l ear while the let exist at die tcdeal level
<br /> a. ) .0 eS benefits exceeded .S2.2,0)billion A 199'study t � ' '' .t m-he U.S. ()fee of NIa nagemen and Bud- trend (it Nonprofits influence
<br /> ll e , estimated the additional amount of ben rot eroutent programs '. � ,
<br /> `its over Los's of envirnnntental regulations Private, ttinprt hr organizations are having a f A -
<br /> arCl 18 billion a year. big u au np on environmental regulations,the b '
<br /> preservation tdland.rnd water resou revs and r k i .rom„ai"
<br /> Trend d:l'runsportation linked to major development proposals.National e tga- ft
<br /> land use ell such ns the Naumr.l Resources 17c-
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<br /> Both the 1991 Intrt modal Suri.xe.e Il�anvl ir- tang. Council. Fmrr+content d Defense, and ra a � s as tf
<br /> Lillian 1 dleteney At ilslT Ai and the 100' the Sierra Club f egad Defense Fund have d"
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<br /> I crospnr[ation f gully .let for the 21st ( n- been involved in lavwuns that have shaped t ,
<br /> tun t I l A ?Uemphasized mulnmodal arm.- how the 1 PA enforces environmental l laws h S oat
<br /> portauon.Yet[Imhof thew&-dual laws pumped anti hens private companies operate. a'ti
<br /> most turhorized funding —tens of billions of The Naomi! Resources Defense t oun.:il
<br /> dollars----into new highway construction and successfully sued the EPA to require states to --� .
<br /> road repairs.enet ura;ing sprawl. undertake the cleanup of impaired waters
<br /> Even so,the hit test transportation Trend to through the Total :biaxinuun Daily Load
<br /> emerge at the 6eGuuting of the .21st century i I-�IDL7 process under the 19"2 Clean \$'a-
<br /> is the development of light rail systems. In ter Au'.National arganizatious actively lobby - -. ... t• ,..
<br /> Oregon. the greater Portland area has slunvn Congress and help to draft environmental r..•, ,
<br /> that light rail can promote a compact (level legislation, including the 1900 amendment,
<br /> opment pattern ofeenters and corridors, text- to the(tan Airkta.
<br /> rah-eiog the downtown, reducing automobile Local and regional land trusts hale pre-
<br /> dependence.and alleviating air pollution. served millions of acres through land acquisi- cans, an increase of 32.x' million or 13.2
<br /> Several other metropolitan regions are Holland the purchase and donation ofeonser- percent liter the 1990 census. .Moreover. du
<br /> following Portland's lead.San Diego Cottnry vation easements. ,,\lost of the m'ien's wore I .S Bneau of the Census has estimated that
<br /> :,betting on a pattern of transit corridors to than 1.200 land tunas are small hur highly- there could be as many as 400 million Arneri-
<br /> ammodate the additional one million visible in Their communities. 1 heir numbers cans by 20'30,and C-0 million by 2100.
<br /> residents that are expected by '020- have more than doubled since 1980- How will greater Los Angeles aernmmo-
<br /> Inrerntodal transportation systems are emerg- dare an anticipated six million additional resi-
<br /> iag elsewhere as well. From the buses that ALed 1: I-iutil tin•gross Iii dents between 2000 and 2028? How will
<br /> cat iv bicycles in Tustin. Texas, to "park- The2000eensuscouutcd281 tmillion:Anteri- Arizona or ;nearer Its l'egas accommodate
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