The Best Complete Streets Policies

Adopting Complete Streets policies is a crucial first step to reducing traffic violence and rectifying a long history of inequitable transportation practices. But every Complete Streets policy is not created equally.

This year's strongest policies >>

Smart Growth America empowers communities through technical assistance, advocacy and thought leadership to create livable places, healthy people, and shared prosperity. We work with elected officials at all levels, real estate developers, chambers of commerce, transportation and urban planning professionals, and residents to improve everyday life for people across the country through better development. Read more about our work >>

Apply to the Community Connectors grant program

Apply to the Community Connectors grant program

Our new Community Connectors grant program will help advance locally driven projects that will reconnect communities separated or harmed by transportation infrastructure and tap available federal and state funds to support them.

Read More ›
Building consensus: Congress takes on zoning

Building consensus: Congress takes on zoning

On April 28, 2023, SGA attended the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs in their hearing, “Building Consensus to Address Housing Challenges.” At the hearing, senators recognized the housing crisis and the need to address it, and witnesses testified to various approaches to solving housing problems and delivering more much-needed housing affordable to … Continued

Read More ›