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<br />section3 <br /> <br /> <br />best practices & resources <br /> <br />Land Use <br /> <br />Best Practices <br /> <br />Sacramento's Transit Village Redevelopment <br />The CIty of Sacramento's 65th StrcctiTransll Village redevelopment project provides a 20- <br />25 year plan for mixed use. transit-oriented development in East Sacramento. The goal of <br />this project is to Improve pedestrian and bicycle CIrculation. increase residents', shoppers', <br />and workers' access to the City'S light rail system and strengthen this neighborhood's <br />connection to the nearby California State University. Sacramento, The project was <br />examined uSing six different scenarios of varying densities and mixed uses. In 2003. the <br />residentially focused, transit.oriented model predicted that households would drive 2.000 <br />miles less per year compared to the existing zoning and eXIsting use scenarios. Ttlis <br />reduces each household's emissions by one ton of CO2 yearly. <br /> <br />Newark's Tree Planting Initiative <br />In 2004. Newark undertook a new project to create a more attractIVe. healthier, energy- <br />efficient city With one simple tool: trees. Utilizing funding from a statewide urban forest <br />energy efficiency initiative called "Cool Cities." Newark planted 500 trees in strategic areas <br />to employ the trees' energy efficiency and air pollution reduction benefits. The City <br />anticipates each tree Will reduce heatIng and cooling costs by up to 12 percent for <br />buildIngs that are shaded by the trees. which Will in-turn. reduce energy use and global <br />warming pollution. <br /> <br />() Resources <br /> <br />Victoria Transport Policy Institute lillnllw\wv'vtnlorClleJocumerllslslni"lIlDtm <br />Smart Growth Online tltl0:/Iwwwsm.lrtorowlhorll <br />CCAP Guidebook tll{[)'IIWVIIW,CCalJ arc! <br />ICLEILand Use and Transportation Planning Toolkit hlln:f/wvv'wlclclora <br />Smartgrowth America IlttlJ:llwVlfW "mflrtnrowtlliln1t'rIGl corn <br />EPA Getting to Smart Growth: 100 policies for Implementation: <br />tlltD:l/wwvv,<,nlilrtnrowtll oHl/mJf/rl0.l(o<,g ndf <br />EPA Getting to Smart Growth: II IltlD:!lwvvw <;rni'Hlnrowtll orn'ndflnctln<..o2 D(if <br />Smart Growth Toolkit Geared towards MA Municipalities. but generally applicable <br />IlttO'!lWYVWrn.l<,S (]OVICIlVirlsll1tlft Orowltl toolkit <br /> <br />National Governor's Association - Growth and Quality of Ufe Toolkit <br />Iltln:llvNv'W nml,nra/norlat/sl(c/noiJ/ln/'IlUI1Crl1,9123c83;] 1 /6 786440urlclJecbS0101 0 <br />nO/?V(lllf'>.1 aid ~ .1fjd)5~tl2651>320 1 OVnnVCM 1 000001 aO 1 01 Ot'1RCRD <br /> <br />Transportation Research Board - State by State Smart Growth Resources by State <br />tnlo:II'NWW HI) ol'O/wI)fcn'nces/2002Srn,irtGrmvtll pelf <br /> <br />American Forests Illln.l/vv'Vvw ,lIncrlC,lIlforcsts orr] <br />USDA Urban Forest Research Center t1llD:I{wWVI rs f('d.uo;ilw/svrJCU'lr.lllld!'x 11(1111 <br />