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Highway to Boulevard: Reclaiming and Revitalizing Our City
Submitted by kapoppel on Mon, 08/06/2012 - 2:42pm
2012 Transportation Summit Session- Transportation Modeling Reform
Submitted by Hilary Curtis on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 4:50pmThe 2012 CNU Transportation Summit will held in Long Beach, CA September 9-10, 2012. This will be a working meeting for a day-and-a-half that will advance CNU's Project for Transportation Reform and facilitate the exchange of ideas and lessons between New Urbanists and bike and pedestrian planners.
CITY SPOTLIGHT: A Critical View of Plan Cincinnati
Submitted by kapoppel on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 1:46pm
This post is part of a new series on the CNU Salons, CITY SPOTLIGHT. City Spotlight shines a light on the latest news, developments and initiatives occurring in cities and towns where CNU members live and work.
The below post is part II of a City Spotlight on Cincinnati and comes courtesy of CNU Communications Intern, and University of Cincinnati Urban Planning student, Katie Poppel.
Guess we don't have to worry about gentrification (or do we?)
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 2:06pmThe Pew Research Center just came out with a much-touted new study showing that American neighborhoods are becoming more economically segregated (or at least purporting to show this)
What to Take Away from the Daniel Burnham Forum on Big Ideas
Submitted by kapoppel on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 1:07pmEuropean Sustainable Urbanism for Practitioners: Berlin, Germany, and Beyond
Submitted by kapoppel on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 3:50pm
three-cornered politics
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 10:38amYesterday, the voters of ten Atlanta counties voted "no" in a referendum on a regional sales tax to expand both roads and public transit. The new tax was favored by the region's business establishment, and opposed by groups as varied as the Sierra Club and local Tea Party groups.
Preview of CNU's Upcoming Transportation Summit
Submitted by kapoppel on Tue, 07/31/2012 - 4:28pmFireside Chat this Thursday, August 2 with Sam 'Gridlock' Schwartz
Catch the newest Fireside Chat this Thursday, August 2 at 5pm EST between CNU's John Norquist and Sam Schwartz. Mr. Schwartz, also known as "Gridlock Sam," is a leading transportation engineer in the United States; he is regarded for New York City's issues of urban infrastructure, traffic safety, and transportation systems.
The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation Grants for Mid-Career Professionals
Submitted by kapoppel on Tue, 07/31/2012 - 9:42amThe James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation provides grants to mid-career professionals in the careers of historic preservation, design related fields, and architectural history. The Fitch Foundation is asking for proposals by September 15, 2012.
The Impending Conflict over the Oklahoma City Boulevard Represents a Cultural Paradigm Shift
Submitted by eshadid on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 11:26amThe impending conflict over the Oklahoma City Boulevard is far-reaching both in terms of cause and consequence. When Steve Lackmeyer, in his coverage of the Boulevard in the Oklahoman, makes reference to “cars vs. people’, he is referencing the growing realization among Oklahoma City citizenry that we have largely built the infrastructure for the city for the benefit of the automobile and that fostering economic development and community-building requires more complete design based on the scale of the human being.