Abstract
The smart growth movement has gained momentum in the United States as the weight of a car-dependent society increasingly takes its toll. Key traits of smart growth are visioning, harmonious urban form and function, strategic infrastructure investments, and economic resourcefulness. In the United States, barriers that continue to inhibit this movement include gross mis-pricing of automobility, spatial mismatches, and institutional fragmentation. Among the most promising initiatives for promoting smart growth are regional land-use management, adaptive re-use and redevelopment, and telematics. To diffuse opposition, smart growth needs to be expand free-market choices.
