Smart Growth

For too long, government policies and investments have supported poorly-planned, sprawling development and transportation systems focused only on the car.

This paradigm of growth has taken a terrible toll. We have lost some of our best farmland and beautiful open spaces.

The long distances between housing, services, and workplaces have left many people with grinding commutes, polluted air, exorbitant transportation costs, and no safe and healthy options for walking and bicycling.

For those who can't or don't drive, especially seniors and people with disabilities or limited incomes, the inability to access services in sprawling areas can be limiting and isolating.

Because of the tremendous growth in driving transportation is California's largest and fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions.

There is a better way, and TransForm is leading the way both in the Bay Area and California so we can change the paradigm for growth.