Our Roles



THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY

The role of Grow Smart Planet is to spread ideas about sustainable
transportation and development to as many regions as possible.

Grow Smart Planet has identified 27 regions with a total population of 38.6 million that are large enough to support regional rail transit systems with crosstown feeder bus routes. Most of them have no rail lines or just a short “starter” rail line now. Many other regions have rail transit lines serving several areas, but are considering extensions or crosstown routes that remain unfunded. We anticipate many regions will be able to “take the ball and run with it” without spending a fortune on costly planning and engineering consultants. This will be easier if they have a copy of Sustainable Transportation and Development and get the right people to read it.


CONSULTING SERVICES

Grow Smart Planet helps interested regions:

  • Develop conceptual multi-mode regional transportation plans
  • Select transit modes
  • Provide guidance on vehicle designs
  • Estimate capital costs
  • Suggest uses, locations and densities for Transit-Oriented-Development (TOD)
  • Estimate future tax revenues from TOD near those lines (based on existing tax rates)

We work with local planners and other consultants selected by each region in these efforts.