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Emergency Response & Street Design Initiative getting noticed

The Smart Growth Network has taken notice of the CNU/EPA Smart Growth Streets and Emergency Responders Workshop.

LOL ... OMG ... WTF?!

Wherein the New Haven Independent has kind words for our very own Robert Orr and his effort to promote the SmartCode.

Calling BP Amoco home, urbanism is

Chicago's newspapers hit the streets today (May 6) with -- among the usual hyperbole and pabulum -- a story to warm the cockles of any new urbanist's heart.

More sprinklers, narrower streets?

Sprinklers are the key to greater flexibility from the fire service, says Capt. Frank Kinnier, an assistant fire marshal with Chesterfield County (Va.) Fire & EMS.

New Urbanism and transit

NOTE: This is cross-posted as a reply to this post at The Overhead Wire blog.

From Austin to Evanston, is 'Loose Tower Disease' spreading?

A contentious debate is under way in my hometown, Evanston, Illinois, where developers James Klutznick and Tim Anderson propose building a new condominium tower downtown across Church Street from the

CNU/ITE manual is a map through paradigm shift

Friday’s concurrent session, CNU and the ITE Manual, asked a simple question: Can new urbanists work with engineers to

Narrow Streets and the Fire Truck: Workshop reveals common ground

When you dial 911, you don’t really care how the emergency responders reach you, so long as they do.

All Aboard: Streetcars a good fit for New Urbanism

Streetcars aren’t means of moving people as much as they’re tools to leverage good urbanism and help preserve the city’s existing urban form.