In a recent town hall forum, President Obama said, "The days where we're just building sprawl forever, those days are over. I think that Republicans, Democrats, everybody recognizes that that's not a smart way to build communities. So we should be using this money to help spur this kind of innovative thinking when it comes to transportation. That will make a big difference."
We need to be smart about our infrastructure and development plans. Urban sprawl not only increases pollution and reliance on fossil fuel through production and transportation, but it also often infringes on areas of dense wildlife and natural land, often for the purpose of housing only small amounts of people.
Smart solutions include mixed-use developments and transit-oriented developments. These decrease traffic, increase the use of public transportation and even reduce obesity rates. They also use land more efficiently, which helps keep natural lands and wildlife intact.
Sign this petition today to voice your support for reducing sprawl and updating development projects to be better for the environment and ourselves.
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10:06 pm PST, Nov 20,Soo Thacker, Alaska
In a recent town hall forum, President Obama said, "The days where we're just building sprawl forever, those days are over. I think that Republicans, Democrats, everybody recognizes that that's not a smart way to build communities. So we should be using this money to help spur this kind of innovative thinking when it comes to transportation. That will make a big difference."
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12:23 pm PST, Nov 20,Susana Lax, Florida
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7:06 pm PST, Nov 19,Brande Pickerel, Washington
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2:06 am PST, Nov 19,Anne Padilla, New Mexico
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6:43 pm PST, Nov 18,Sarah Stirling, Massachusetts
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3:17 pm PST, Nov 18,Karisa Cotter, Arkansas
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2:39 pm PST, Nov 18,Alesia Febus, New York
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2:32 pm PST, Nov 18,Frank X Kleshinski, Pennsylvania
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5:19 pm PST, Nov 17,Audrey Johnson, California
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10:23 am PST, Nov 17,Steve Green, California
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9:51 am PST, Nov 17,Lorene Rowland, Montana
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7:50 am PST, Nov 17,Ellie Shain, California
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4:38 am PST, Nov 17,Gary Kuehnapfel, New Jersey
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11:05 pm PST, Nov 16,John and Matha Stoltenberg, Wisconsin
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9:30 pm PST, Nov 16,Leo Ahumada, New York
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3:51 pm PST, Nov 16,Anna Aiello, New York
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3:11 pm PST, Nov 16,Theresia Cronan, California
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1:09 pm PST, Nov 16,Mark Kidd, Washington
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7:52 am PST, Nov 16,Amanda Collins, Florida
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4:07 pm PST, Nov 15,Name not displayed, New York
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12:16 pm PST, Nov 15,Kenneth Knoppik, Florida
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9:24 pm PST, Nov 14,Scott Bates, North Carolina
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5:42 pm PST, Nov 13,Karen Peralta, Washington
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11:47 am PST, Nov 13,KRISTEN BREITWEG, Florida
I LIKE HOW MY HOME IS SITUATED, I HATE THAT THEY WILL AGAIN BE BUILDING AROUND ME ONCE WE HAVE A REAL ECONOMY GETS RIGHT.
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12:18 am PST, Nov 13,Allyson Sites, Indiana
There is so much that can be done --better planning is needed and a moratorium on just building for the sake of the Greedy and not look into the future of what we are doig to our country.
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9:13 am PST, Nov 12,Kevin Silvey, Florida
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5:44 pm PST, Nov 10,Joanna Welch, California
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1:20 pm PST, Nov 10,Richard Riger, New Mexico
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9:30 am PST, Nov 10,Kessley Truman, Montana
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10:30 pm PST, Nov 9,Pam Boland, Georgia
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5:09 pm PST, Nov 9,Kyle Maziuk, Connecticut
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12:58 am PST, Nov 8,Panagiotis Rigopoulos, Greece
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12:41 am PST, Nov 8,Miguel Dias, New York
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11:22 pm PST, Nov 7,FREYA HALL, Florida
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5:12 pm PST, Nov 6,Robinmarie Rowen, California
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2:04 pm PST, Nov 3,Shane Sylvester, Louisiana
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9:21 am PST, Nov 3,Madiha Hussaini, Illinois
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12:26 pm PST, Nov 2,Name not displayed, Washington
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9:14 am PST, Nov 2,Michael Mullen, California
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5:20 am PST, Nov 2,Dan Cappelllo, Pennsylvania
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3:36 pm PST, Nov 1,Kilty Belt-Vahle, California
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4:19 pm PDT, Oct 31,Donald Shaw, New York
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12:22 pm PDT, Oct 31,Marcy Arbitman, Illinois
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11:07 am PDT, Oct 31,Karen Frank, New York
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5:46 am PDT, Oct 31,Elizabeth O'Connor, Hawaii
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11:24 am PDT, Oct 30,Robert Sanders, Georgia
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8:01 am PDT, Oct 30,Cassidy Swanson, New Hampshire
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11:11 am PDT, Oct 28,Virginia Collins, California
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12:52 am PDT, Oct 28,Brent Bartholomew, California
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10:05 am PDT, Oct 27,Cecilia Height, Florida
Sprawl destroys Nature and our connect to Her.
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6:38 am PDT, Oct 27,Andrea Trembly, Florida
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7:31 am PDT, Oct 26,Elaine Dixon, Florida
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11:53 am PDT, Oct 25,Nancy Juskowich, Pennsylvania
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7:06 am PDT, Oct 25,Tattiana Delfino, Florida
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6:15 pm PDT, Oct 24,Lynn Elliott, North Carolina
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1:09 pm PDT, Oct 24,Claudia L.H. Fisher, Arizona
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8:41 am PDT, Oct 24,Gino Mazzella, New York
There is so much that can be done --better planning is needed and a moratorium on just building for the sake of the Greedy and not look into the future of what we are doig to our country.
