CNU Salons
"Mayors Institute" Model Comes to Israel (With a Little Help from CNU)
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 6:52amAiming to import the success of the Mayors Institute on City Design — the National Endowment for the Arts program that has helped prepare more than 800 US Mayors over 24 years to be the "chief urban designers of their cities" — the Movement for Israeli Urbanism hosted the inaugural class of the Israeli Mayors’ Institute on City Renewal from June 1-3 in Tsefat and Tel Aviv.
Get More (Much More) From Those Road Dollars, Norquist Advises Congress
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Fri, 06/11/2010 - 4:50pmWhen a key House subcommittee delved into an important topic this week — how federal transportation programs can support "context-sensitive solutions" designed around the full range of needs of people and their neighborhoods, rather than just the needs of their automobiles — CNU's John Norquist submitted written test
Congress has new guide for switch to livable, high-performance street networks, experts testify at House hearing
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Fri, 06/11/2010 - 4:28pmU.S. Representative Peter DeFazio chaired a timely hearing of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee of the House Transportation Committee today.
Our Bodies, Our Cars
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Fri, 06/11/2010 - 3:54pmReport on CNU18 in this week's Austin Chronicle:
"Driving makes you fat."
Our Bodies, Our Cars
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Fri, 06/11/2010 - 3:52pm"Driving makes you fat."
Beyond BRT (which does not mean what you think it means)
Submitted by Jon Davis on Fri, 06/04/2010 - 2:14pmBig Red Trucks have been staples of North American fire departments for decades, even on emergency medical calls rather than working fires.
Fed up with the oil spill? Stop sprawl, support revitalization
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Fri, 06/04/2010 - 12:05pmEnraged at the spill in the Gulf and the American appetite for oil that ultimately caused it?
Help Save Louisville, fill out this questionaire
Submitted by norabeck on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 5:45pmAs the Louisville and Southern Indiana Bridges Authority tries to figure out how to pay for their Ohio River Bridges Project (ORBP), a project that ad
CNU 18 Academic Papers Now Online
Submitted by Heather Smith on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 4:18pmA huge thank you to everyone who participated, attended, spoke, and organized sessions at CNU 18: "Rx for Healthy Places" in Atlanta, GA.
David Byrne on New Urbanism, Burning Down of Houses at CNU 18
Submitted by jennypoore1@gma... on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 11:33amAfter publishing his book Bicycle Diaries, David Byrne pushed for two-wheeled transportation at CNU 18.