The City of Raleigh recognizes the importance of developing a balanced, efficient, multi-modal transportation network that minimizes impacts to the environment and reinforces the livability of neighborhoods. Raleigh’s transportation network is developed in a sustainable pattern that supports the City’s future land uses and urban form, minimizes vehicle miles traveled and single-occupancy vehicles, and reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

PlanCheyenne is an integrated community (city and county) master plan that is guiding the City of Cheyenne and Laramie County, Wyoming as growth impacts their  community. Created with extensive involvement of citizens, city and county officials, and planners, PlanCheyenne represents a complete revamping of their approach to growing as a “community of choice.”  

Atlanta is one of the fastest growing cities in America. Under the leadership of the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), local governments and nonprofits in the area are thinking creatively about how to manage the many challenges that accompany the city’s rapid development. ARC’s Livable Communities Initiative grants work to improve the livability of the Atlanta region, one community at a time, by supporting plans to link transportation and land use.

One example of how the Sustainable Communities Partnership is achieving meaningful results can be seen in New England. In August 2009, the New England offices of Housing and Urban Development, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Federal Transit Administration, began to discuss regional partnership opportunities. Still in its formative stage, this effort builds on agencies’ experience with past investments and calls for more intentional collaboration in the future for the benefit of communities throughout New England. 

Metro Vision 2030 is a long-range plan to manage growth within the Denver area. It addresses development, transportation needs and environmental quality. Bringing communities together to enhance the region’s quality of life is the plan’s most important goal.

Fruitvale, one of seven community districts in the city of Oakland, California, is a low¬ income community that has faced significant economic stress for the past decade. The Fruitvale Transit Village project is the result of a broad-based partnership among public, private, and nonprofit organizations to revitalize a community using transit-oriented development. The planning effort behind the Fruitvale Transit Village represents an innovative strategy for using mass transit as a catalyst for revitalizing an urban community. While transit¬ oriented development has been successful in a growing number of affluent suburban locations, the Fruitvale Transit Village sets a precedent for such projects in lower-income, urban communities.

The Iowa-Illinois “Quad Cities” transportation network, which includes four transit systems, an extensive trail network, a ferry system, and a planned commuter rail is an exemplary illustration of a multi-modal system that connects people and communities. This robust transit system is supplemented by a convenient website where customers can virtually book all of their transportation needs for every mode that is a part of the network.

Tennessee Intercity Bus Demonstration Program was implemented 2008 in response to a growing demand for bus transportation. Designed and managed at the state level, the program responds to local needs and provides residents and visitors the opportunity to choose public transportation to meet their mobility needs.

The Transbay Transit Center Project is a visionary transportation and housing project that transforms downtown San Francisco and the San Francisco Bay Area’s regional transportation system by creating a “Grand Central Station of the West” in the heart of a new transit-friendly neighborhood. The $4 billion project will replace the current Transbay Terminal at First and Mission streets in San Francisco with a modern regional transit hub connecting eight Bay Area counties and the State of California through ten transit systems.

Years ago, Greyhound ran an intercity bus service that provided Washington State residents the flexibility to travel without the need for a car. However, due to a nationwide service restructure, Greyhound reduced service, leaving over 21 rural communities in Washington without the intercity bus service and their independence. In the aftermath of the discontinued service, a group of local activists in Walla Walla approached the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and lobbied for the return of the bus service.

Arlington’s smart growth planning approach places dense, mixed-use, infill development at five Metro stations. Known as the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor, Arlington’s planning has produced over 21 million square feet of office, retail, and commercial space; more than 3,000 hotel rooms; and almost 25,000 residences, creating vibrant “urban villages” where people live, shop, work, and play using transit, pedestrian walkways, bicycles, or cars. Estimates show that at typical suburban densities, this development would consume over 14 square miles of open space, compared to the roughly two-square-mile Rosslyn-Ballston corridor.

The Hudson–Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) is a 21 mile long transit line serving Jersey City and other municipalities along New Jersey's Hudson River waterfront.  Planned and constructed under the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) New Starts Program, this system has 23 stations, and a 24th is under construction.  This project, through its dedication to connectivity, along with residential and commercial development, exemplifies the Livable Communities initiative.

The Area IV Volunteer program and the HOPE Transit Program are successful and essential volunteer driver programs that provide rides for elderly and handicapped passengers in Benton County.

The “link” light rail system connects the Seattle airport with the surrounding community in an effort to increase mobility, accessibility, and livability in the region.