CNU Salons
Beloved and Abandoned: A Platting Named Portland - read before Transportation Summit Nov 4-6 in Portland
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 11:19amFor those coming to the CNU Transportation Summit Nov 4-6 in Portland, OR http://www.cnu.org/transportation2009, I'd like to recommend that you read the discussion on Planetizen titled Beloved and Aba
Stuck in the Past, Lenders Neglect TOD
Submitted by abanks on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 12:38pmDespite the commonly presumed inconveniences, high risks, and financially detrimental results of pedestrian and transit friendly development, public transportation’s association with safety, risk-fr
CNU at the fire code hearings: Here we go...
Submitted by Jon Davis on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 9:51amBALTIMORE -- CNU’s proposed changes to the International Fire Code will be heard and either approved or rejected within the next two hou
CNU's fire code proposals up today in Baltimore; watch the hearings online
Submitted by Jon Davis on Sun, 10/25/2009 - 11:14amBALTIMORE – The International Code Council hearings are an arena in which the (mostly) irresistible force of brevity meets the immovable agenda: hundreds of proposed additions, deletions, correct
Other Cities, Take Note: Bold, Smart, Green Vision Proposed for Downtown Raleigh
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 10:22amDan Douglas was, until recently, chief downtown planner and director of the Urban Design Council in Raleigh, the state capital of North Carolina.
Regarding Revocation Of NJ's Charter Award: Look Who Signed this June 11, 2009 Letter
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 10:48pm“If the commission and the office are allowed to atrophy beyond their already compromised condition, the entire state planning process — and everything it has stood for over the past 22 years —
Where Transportation Engineers go to recover, reform and change the world: Streetsblog on CNU's Transportation Summit
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 3:44pmThere are precious few places where transportation engineers, planners, government officials and developers break out of their silos and actually cooperate in creating transportation systems that actu
LEED-ND Dilemma
Submitted by burlesona on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 4:31pmHi everyone,
I'm working on a project in the Houston region, and we're interested in going for LEED-ND certification. I've run into a problem, however, and I was wondering if anyone had constructive thoughts on what we might be able to do about it. We're land planners primarily, and haven't done any LEED work in the past.
CNU 2009 Transportation Summit Tour: Learn why Street Car Networks are the Wave of the Future!
Submitted by nathan.ziccarelli on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 11:09amOn this tour you will examine Portland's small block pedestrian-friendly residential neighborhoods and main streets within walking distances.
Has your town caught a bad case of wide streets, placelessness, energy inefficiency & sedentary lifestyles? Here's your remedy
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 10:43amThat's right.