Smart Growth: Surveys and Polls
NAR’s Smart Growth program conducts surveys to gauge public opinion on land use, growth and community issues.
2009 Growth and Transportation Survey
An overwhelming majority of Americans believe repair existing roads and expanding public transportation should take precedence over building new roads.
2007 Growth and Transportation Survey
Three-fourths of Americans believe that improving public transportation and building smarter development are better long-term solutions for reducing traffic congestion than building roads. More than 70 percent are concerned with how growth and development affects global warming.
What Americans Want: Growth OK if It’s ‘Smart’
2005 Eminent Domain REALTOR® Survey (NAR members only)
To gauge REALTOR® opinion on the eminent domain issue, NAR commissioned Public Opinion Strategies, one of the nation’s leading polling firms, to conduct telephone interviews with 1,200 REALTORS® between August 25 and September 2, 2005.
