Jon Davis's blog
Beyond BRT (which does not mean what you think it means)
Submitted by Jon Davis on Fri, 06/04/2010 - 2:14pmBig Red Trucks have been staples of North American fire departments for decades, even on emergency medical calls rather than working fires.
Younger Americans ditching driving?!
Submitted by Jon Davis on Wed, 06/02/2010 - 11:14amWe’ve long wondered whether anything short of James Howard Kunstler’s worst nightmare predictions for the Long Emergency will ever dethrone the Almighty Car.
Illinois a signature away from adopting CNT's Housing + Transportation Affordability Index
Submitted by Jon Davis on Fri, 04/30/2010 - 1:04pmAlthough they're still dithering when it comes to fixing Illinois' sinking financial ship, our General Assembly did something right this session: On April 27, 2010, the House passed legislation ado
CNU 18 offers cutting-edge street design ideas
Submitted by Jon Davis on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 3:11pmCutting-edge research proves street design matters where effective emergency response is concerned, and suburban sprawl patterns harm response
Holiday humor from WKRP
Submitted by Jon Davis on Wed, 11/25/2009 - 2:27pmBummer about the birds, but what strip mall doesn't deserve something like this?
Enjoy, and Happy Thanks...giving.
More evidence emerges: Sprawl lengthens emergency response times
Submitted by Jon Davis on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 4:25pmPublic comments window open for fire code proposals
Submitted by Jon Davis on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 5:29pmCNU went 1-for-2 at the International Code Council’s fire code hearings in October 2009, but as »
CNU at the fire code hearings: Here we go...
Submitted by Jon Davis on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 9:51amBALTIMORE -- CNU’s proposed changes to the International Fire Code will be heard and either approved or rejected within the next two hou
CNU's fire code proposals up today in Baltimore; watch the hearings online
Submitted by Jon Davis on Sun, 10/25/2009 - 11:14amBALTIMORE – The International Code Council hearings are an arena in which the (mostly) irresistible force of brevity meets the immovable agenda: hundreds of proposed additions, deletions, correct
Transportation Summit host touts street design-safety links
Submitted by Jon Davis on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 3:31pmStreet design goes far beyond traffic “throughput” or aesthetics alone; strong links between street design and public safety must be recognized and incorporated into everyday traffic engineerin