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This post is a part of CNU’s Highways to Boulevards Blog series, which features interview summaries and insights from some of the best minds at the frontline of our Highways to Boulevards Initiative

This post is a part of CNU’s Highways to Boulevards Blog series, which features interview summaries and insights from some of the best minds at the frontline of our Highways to Boulevards Initiative.

This post is a part of CNU’s new Highways to Boulevards Blog series, which features interview summaries and insights from some of the best minds at the frontline of our Highways to Boulevards Initiative.

This article was originally posted in Novae Res Urbis, Vol. 16 No. 13.

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This post is a part of CNU’s new Highways to Boulevards Blog series, which features interview summaries and insights from some of the best minds at the frontline of our Highways to Boulevards Initiative.

This is a guest blog post from two planning interns with The City of Tacoma, WA. They brought the concept of Complete Streets to local elementary students, and asked them to envision the kind of streets they want in their community.

THE PROJECT

What started as a project for two planning interns with the City of Tacoma has turned into a transformational partnership between the City of Tacoma, McCarver Elementary School, and many other local community organizations and firms.

This post is a part of CNU’s new Highways to Boulevards Blog series, which features interview summaries and insights from some of the best minds at the frontline of our Highways to Boulevards Initiative.

CNU sat down with Jeff Tumlin to discuss the removal of San Francisco’s Central Freeway and subsequent conversion into Octavia Boulevard. Read our Highways to Boulevards post on Milwaukee's Park East Freeway here.

Lessons from Sandy: How Good Urban Design Can Help Us Weather the Weather

Join CNU's John Norquist for a special Fireside Chat podcast, February 25th @ 3:00pm EST, about the impact of Superstorm Sandy, and how cities are adapting to climate change.

Robert J. Gibbs, ASLA, CNU-A was honored by the Clinton Presidential Library‘s School of Public Service for his career’s contributions in urban planning and development. As a William J. Clinton Distinguished Lecturer, Gibbs presented: “How Great Communities are Conceived and Built,” based on his new book Principles for Urban Retail Planning and Development. 

This post is a part of CNU’s new Highways to Boulevards Blog series, which features interview summaries and insights from some of the best minds at the frontline of our Highways to Boulevards Initiative. 

CNU recently sat down with Peter Park, Milwaukee’s former and Denver’s current planning director, about his experiences removing the Park East Freeway and spurring economic growth in downtown Milwaukee. A summary of the project can be found here.