CNU Salons
The Time-for-Space Squeeze by Ronald Brownstein National Journal Magazine Aug 2, 2008
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 5:54pmAmerica would not look the way it does if our metropolitan areas had been built in an era of $4 per gallon gasoline.
The Toronto Archipelago
Submitted by Carl.Beien on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 10:46amThe Toronto Star has just published an article about it's current urban revitalization project, and how planners keep saying that they want to make the waterfront pedestrian friendly.
The Nation to Congress: "Make Freddie and Fannie Go Green"
Submitted by joel.vanderweele on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 2:42pmIn a recent article in The Nation, Brent Blackwelder & James S. Henry explain why lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should view the current mortgage crisis as an opportunity for positive change.
CNU Joins Transportation for America Campaign
Submitted by crandell on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 9:19amThe interstate highway system has been completed. The era of cheap gasoline is over and Americans are hurting. Bridges are crumbling. Older and rural Americans are stranded.
New Urbanism's strength clear in Charlotte property market
Submitted by anthony.riederer on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 12:53pmAn article in this Sunday's Charlotte Observer casts a light on one of a very few bright spots in the Charlotte real estate market: New Urbanist and urban infill developments.
CMAP's Regional Indicators Workshops in Northeastern Illinois
Submitted by lbanks on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 2:57pmThe Regional Indicators Project is part of CMAP’s innovative GO TO
The Unraveling of the Suburban Fringe
Submitted by joel.vanderweele on Thu, 07/17/2008 - 4:17pmBusinessWeek reports: "Annual price changes in most of the largest metro areas, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco, Seattle, Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia, followed a similar pattern: Values were most stable within a 10-mile radius of the center of the city
Walk Score Announces America's Most Walkable Neighborhoods
Submitted by joel.vanderweele on Thu, 07/17/2008 - 2:48pmToday Walk Score unveiled its rankings of the 2,508 most walkable neighborhoods in the United States. This is a great resource from Walk Score, and a fun one to boot.
Sign the Petition: Improve America's Walk Score
Submitted by norabeck on Thu, 07/17/2008 - 9:52amIn partnership with Transportation for America, Walk Score has created an online petition to tell Congress to support walking, biking and transit in the 2009 Transp