Mobility Management Strategies: Land Use Planning
This page provides links to EPA and non-EPA Web-based resources that provide additional information on mobility management strategies. Links go directly to specific Web sites or documents that address land use planning.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Resources
- Other Federal Departments & Agencies
- State, Local, and Regional Programs
- Non-Governmental Organizations
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Resources
- Granting Air Quality Credit for Land Use Measures: Policy Options (PDF) (180KB)
A policy document that outines how to obtain SIP credits from various land use measures. - Improving Air Quality through Land Use Activities: Brochure (PDF) (3MB)
A brochure designed to help communities address EPA's guidance on qualifying for air quality credits through land use initiatives. - Improving Air Quality through Land Use Activities Guidance Document (PDF) (1.8MB)
An EPA guidance document designed to assist air quality and transportation planners in accounting for the air quality impacts of land use policies and projects adopted voluntarily by state and local governments. - Smart Growth
A comprehensive resource on smart growth, including links to more than 30 related organizations.
Other Federal Departments & Agencies
- Federal Highway Administration
A program that provides support to local and state governments to implement smart growth policies. - Federal Transit Administration
A program focused on researching development that takes into consideration sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions reductions. - Smart Communities Network
Provides information on how poor land use planning promotes traffic congestion and increases commute times, decreases air quality, and encourages inefficient energy consumption.
State, Local, and Regional Programs
- Focus on Linking Land Use, Air Quality, and Transportation Planning (PDF) (132KB)
Includes facts and information on land use characteristics that influence air quality and contacts for additional information in Washington state. - The Land Use - Air Quality Linkage: How Land Use and Transportation Affect Air Quality (PDF) (218KB)
A publication of the California Air Resources Board that summarizes data on the relationship between land use, transportation, and air quality.
Non-Governmental Organizations
- American Planning Association
An organization that provides public outreach and research in the area of urban, suburban, regional, and rural planning. - Center for Neighborhood Technology
A group that creates tools and methods to promote sustainable development and livable urban communities. - Smart Growth America
A coalition of national, state, and local organizations providing outreach to communities on creating sustainable land use policy in their surrounding area. - Smart Growth Online
An information portal on the issues surrounding sprawl and solutions involving smart growth.