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Emergency Response & Street Design Initiative getting noticed
Submitted by Jon Davis on Tue, 05/27/2008 - 4:33pmThe Smart Growth Network has taken notice of the CNU/EPA Smart Growth Streets and Emergency Responders Workshop.
LOL ... OMG ... WTF?!
Submitted by Jon Davis on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 1:03pmWherein 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
Submitted by Jon Davis on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 3:36pmChicago'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.
Kunstler vs. Colbert: An Energy Throwdown for the Ages?
Submitted by Jon Davis on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 4:08pmMore sprinklers, narrower streets?
Submitted by Jon Davis on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 8:09amSprinklers 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
Submitted by Jon Davis on Fri, 04/11/2008 - 11:02amNOTE: This is cross-posted as a reply to this post at The Overhead Wire blog.
From Austin to Evanston, is 'Loose Tower Disease' spreading?
Submitted by Jon Davis on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 3:37pmA 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
Submitted by Jon Davis on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 11:26pmFriday’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
Submitted by Jon Davis on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 2:48amWhen 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
Submitted by Jon Davis on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 5:19pmStreetcars 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.