Smart Growth Transportation and Land Use Solutions for Sustainability

Dr. Michael Rodriguez is director of research at Smart Growth America where he oversees quantitative and qualitative research across the organization's land use, housing, and transportation programs. He is the co-author of Foot Traffic Ahead, SGA's signature report on walkable urbanism in U.S. metros, and helped develop several data tools like the SGA fiscal impact analysis approach, infrastructure efficiency metrics, and fiscal hotspot analysis. He has over 15 years of experience in urban planning and is a certified planner with the AICP. Dr. Rodriguez holds a dual MPA and M.S. in urban planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his doctorate in public policy from the George Washington University.