United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-10-31 monographic deposited born digital 175 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-12 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-12 P0b002ee1803956e2 f:d0212 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-12 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-12 GAO-02-12 Air pollution Environmental monitoring Land management Water pollution FHwA Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program DOT Transportation and Community and System Preservation Pilot DOT Transportation Improvement Program EPA Innovative Community Partnership Projects Initiative EPA National Water Quality Inventory EPA State Implementation Plan EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Storm Water Program EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System FTA New Starts Program Other Written Product A02122 Americans have become increasingly concerned about the downside of growth and development--increasing dependence on automobiles; worsening traffic congestion; and the loss of farmland, forests, and open space. Some are also concerned that "urban sprawl" can increase air and water pollution, threaten their health and, in some cases, their livelihood. Most local transportation planners and state air quality managers do not consider the effects of different land use strategies on air quality. They do not do so principally because nonpoint sources are diffuse and difficult to identify and measure. According to local transportation planners, state air quality managers, and panel members, federal agencies could help remove barriers to, and provide incentives for, assessing and mitigating the environmental impacts of land use. They proposed actions in three key areas: (1) financial incentives for transportation, environmental, and local decisionmakers to collaborate on land use strategies that limit adverse impacts on air and water quality; (2) technical capacity to assess and mitigate land use impacts; and (3) educating the public and local officials about the environmental impacts of their transportation and land use decisions and alternative development strategies that better protect air and water quality https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-12/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-12.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-12/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-12.pdf GAO-02-12 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-12 Other Written Product GAO-02-12; Environmental Protection: Federal Incentives Could Help Promote Land Use That Protects Air and Water Quality; Air pollution Environmental monitoring Land management Water pollution FHwA Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program DOT Transportation and Community and System Preservation Pilot DOT Transportation Improvement Program EPA Innovative Community Partnership Projects Initiative EPA National Water Quality Inventory EPA State Implementation Plan EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Storm Water Program EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System FTA New Starts Program Volume 105 Page 1914 105 Stat. 1914 Volume 112 Page 107 112 Stat. 107 Public Law 102-240 Public Law 105-178