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Testimonials
"CCAP is a strong, credible, influential voice on issues of transportation and
climate change. This is another must-read report."
-- Dan Sperling, Director,
Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis
"Growing Wealthier cuts to the chase by defining the benefits of smart growth in
dollars and cents. This is long overdue and provides the framework for problem
solving in a language everyone understands."
-- John Inglish, CEO Utah
Transit Authority
"Growing Wealthier will help equip communities to thrive in the emerging real
estate market demanded by the knowledge economy."
-- Christopher Leinberger,
real estate developer and author of The Option of Urbanism
"Kooshian and Winkelman make a clear and convincing case that as we develop our
communities, doing the right thing for the climate can do the right thing for
the economy."
-- Mike McKeever, Executive Director, Sacramento Area Council of
Governments
"A crucial and timely contribution to the literature, Growing Wealthier shows
that the game is changing. It will motivate the hesitant, inspire the willing
and bolster the efforts of those already enjoying the economic benefits of smart
growth."
-- Reid Ewing, Professor of City and Metropolitan Planning, University
of Utah
"Growing Wealthier continues filling the knowledge gap on the ‘third leg’ and
identifies the important smart growth principles that will be necessary to
address greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector while improving
economic activity."
-- John J. Viera, Director, Sustainability & Environmental
Policy, Ford Motor Company
"Growing Wealthier sheds important light on how smart growth policies can
enhance prosperity and quality of life while reducing greenhouse gas emissions."
-- Mary Nichols, Chairman, California Air Resources Board
"Growing Wealthier explodes the myth that more ‘miles driven’ means more wealth.
More driving not only makes us more unfit, obese, depressed and at risk of
injury, it can make us poorer. CCAP shows that growing smarter is healthier,
wealthier and wiser."
-- Richard Jackson, Professor and Chair, Environmental
Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health
"Growing Wealthier is a thorough and insightful work that provides a balanced
review of the factors that contribute to creating livable, thriving communities
with minimal impact on our natural and financial resources."
-- Jerry Walters,
Executive Vice-President and Chief Technical Officer, Fehr & Peers
Transportation Consultants
"With pragmatic analysis and impressive attention to detail, Growing Wealthier
shows us how strengthening communities to make it easier for people and
businesses to reach each other and their daily needs can reduce economic waste
and increase wealth."
-- Kaid Benfield, Natural Resources Defense Council,
Director, Sustainable Communities
"Growing Wealthier
makes a strong case that good planning brings many benefits --
environmental protection can go hand in hand with economic growth. CCAP has
articulated how urban planning has an important role in building more vibrant,
cleaner, and more livable cities and communities."
-- Marlon Boarnet, Professor of
Planning, Policy, and Design and Economics, University of California, Irvine
"As usual, CCAP has written a provocative report, raising important questions
about the role of urban development and growth patterns, not only on petroleum
consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, but also on economic prosperity.
Transportation is inextricably linked to energy use and economic growth,
although the issues of causation remain contentious and in dispute, even among
economists. CCAP’s Growing Wealthier will stimulate further discussion about
this important subject and contribute to it."
-- Emil Frankel , Director of Transportation Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center
"Whether you are a business owner trying to make money, a homeowner trying to save money, or a state government official trying to balance your budget in tough economic times, this book is for you. For centuries America was a nation of villages, towns, and urban neighborhoods. Growing Wealthier teaches us why a return to such traditional, compact development is in our economic best interest."
-- Douglas Foy, President, Serrafix Corporation
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