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CNU Salons
The Message Resonates on Live/Work/Walk
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 3:00pmThis past May, CNU CEO and President John Norquist spoke to the Realty Club of Chicago on CNU's Live/Work/Walk: Removing Obstacles to Investment initiative. As the below letter attests, the need for comprehensive reform of financing restrictions to allow investment that creates walkable, urban areas is a message that resonates to all audiences. For more information on Live/Work/Walk, please see www.cnu.org/liveworkwalk.
"City Design Matters": A Multimodal Transportation View with Brent Toderian
Submitted by kapoppel on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 2:25pmBrent Toderian is the former Chief City Planner of Vancouver, President of Toderian UrbanWORKs in Vancouver, and serves on CNU's Highway to Boulevard Advisory Committee. The following videos focus on the transportation aspect, especially, but not limited to, biking, of designing a city.
CNU Public Square Remains Open!
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 10:23amThe CNU 21 Program Committee is meeting in Salt Lake City next week to discuss the first round of idea proposals for next year's Congress. The CNU Public Square is where these ideas are collected and come to congregate.
How Walking and Biking Add Value to Your Community and Change the System: An Interview with John Norquist
Submitted by kapoppel on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 5:04pmProject for Public Spaces interviews CNU's own John Norquist this week about 'what urbanists need to learn,' the role of decision makers in terms of transportation, and the upcoming CNU 2012 Transportation Summit. Norquist is the keynote speaker at Pro Walk/Pro Bike: Pro Place conference set for September 9-10 in Long Beach, California.
Eye on the Street: Monday, July 9th, 2012
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 10:52amCNU's Heather Smith takes a stroll by her local Red Line stop in Chicago. Is this station undergoing construction or a misguided attempt at Tactical Urbanism?
Why the rent is too high
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 5:43pmToday I began my apartment search, looking at an apartment in the neighborhood next to mine (a neighborhood less high-income than Forest Hills, Queens, where I now live). In addition to being in a cheaper area than mine, the building is a fairly long walk to the subway (about 15 minutes, farther than numerous competing buildings) and across the street from a cemetery. Yet the cheapest apartment rin this new building rents for 30 percent more than in my current building (closer to the subway and in a fancier area). Why?
How Road Subsidies Might Cause Transit Subsidies
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 11:36amA recent article by Josh Barro admits that cars are subsidized through road spending, but argues that roads are less subsidized per capita because so much of car-related spending is private.
CNU 21 Summer Reads
Submitted by kapoppel on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 2:51pmSummer is in full swing. Before heading to the beach, grab one of the below books, and get a headstart on learning about some of the historical forces behind CNU 21's host city, Salt Lake City. Click on the covers below for more info on each title.
CNU 21 Summer Reads
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The Transportation Bill- Not As Bad As You Might Think
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 07/02/2012 - 10:36amCongress recently passed a two-year transportation funding bill, to less-than-glowing reviews from environmentalist-oriented transportation lobbies.
Building Smarter Cities…In the Year 2060
Submitted by erin.chantry on Fri, 06/29/2012 - 12:48pmWhen my colleague put an article on my desk today with the subtitle, “Climate change will drive people to urban areas. How will urban planners accommodate them all?” it caught my attention, not because of the topic, but because of the double spread striking image of the “flat tower” proposed by architect Schirr-Bonnan. With an opening line of “The world’s population will top nine billion by 2060,” I read on.