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Pulitzer winner doesn't have to look Farr for good urbanism
Submitted by Jon Davis on Tue, 09/01/2009 - 9:49amNot all New Urbanism occurs in greenfields or sprawl mall retrofits. It also occurs in cities, strengthening existing urban fabrics.
Cities' "Green Dividend" there for the taking (#CNU17)
Submitted by Jon Davis on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 11:31amThe long-held idea that cities are an environmental bane is completely and utterly wrong. Cities are the key to reducing humanity’s contributions to global warming and land despoliation.
Michael Moore says farewell to GM ... and cars?
Submitted by Jon Davis on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 12:21pmIn the wreckage of General Motors, Michael Moore senses salvation: The demise of GM as we’ve known it offers a tremendous opportunity to catch up to the rest of the world where high-speed passeng
Obama: All aboard high-speed rail
Submitted by Jon Davis on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 12:49pmProving he is serious about (finally) developing high-speed rail in the United States, President Obama Thursday released his Vision
Tourney time! CNU street diagram advances farther than Duke, Pitt, Louisville
Submitted by Jon Davis on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 10:53amBig news isn't supposed to happen on the weekends unless it's sports-related or something ginned up by the cable news gum flappers, but there's always an exception to the rule.
VMT tax smackdown: LaHood says 'maybe,' Obama says 'no'
Submitted by Jon Davis on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 4:22pmU.S.
Obama: Days of sprawl 'are over'
Submitted by Jon Davis on Tue, 02/10/2009 - 2:59pmPresident Obama set the New Urbanist world ablaze with one sentence out of an hour-long town hall meeting in Fort Myers, Fla.:
Is this change?
Submitted by Jon Davis on Thu, 01/15/2009 - 2:08pmThe House of Representatives released an executive summary of the incoming Obama administration's proposed »
LaHood at Transportation: Are we being played from Peoria?
Submitted by Jon Davis on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 11:53amPresident-elect Barack Obama seems to have picked Rep.
New Urbanist advice for Obama
Submitted by Jon Davis on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 5:17pmPresident-elect Obama is asking Americans to submit ideas for his administration. New Urban News is taking him up on that offer.