CNU Salons
Sustainable? Not CNU's Charter Award
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Sat, 09/19/2009 - 5:38pmAccording to NJ State Senator Gordon's office on Sept. 15, 2009, NJ Gov. Corzine killed Smart Growth in NJ as soon as he came into office years ago, and it has been dead ever since. Sen.
Transportation Summit host touts street design-safety links
Submitted by Jon Davis on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 3:31pmStreet design goes far beyond traffic “throughput” or aesthetics alone; strong links between street design and public safety must be recognized and incorporated into everyday traffic engineerin
An Urbanist Talking Head Considers Livable Cities
Submitted by Joe Menard on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 7:48pmMusician,visual artist, writer, blogger, and Jane Jacobs fan, David Byrne, knows a thing or two about cities.
LEED-ND works well enough for now
Submitted by LucyGalbraith on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 6:19pmAs the local TOD-lady, I spend a lot of time trying to explain why transit needs good neighborhood development and why good neighborhood developments need transit.
Time for a Sustainable Revitalization Agenda for America's Smaller Cities
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 9:07pmAndre Leroux, executive director of the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance, believes that New England's smaller cities hold the potential to absorb much development that could help save the region's
How could CNU be a more supportive community?
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Tue, 09/08/2009 - 9:30amIn honor of Labor Day, the Social Justice Minister for First Unitarian of Portland* had three people tell their stories about how this time of transition has affected them and how they’ve been handl
Sensible Ideas from the Right on How Smart Growth and New Urbanism Save Taxpayers Money
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 09/03/2009 - 2:26pmExamples such as Reconnecting America's Conservatives and Public Transit by Robert Weyrich and Bill Lind aside, there's been a
Boston's Asian CDC Brings Urban Vision, Fun, and Affordability to Chinatown
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 11:47amEvery summer, Boston’s Asian Community Development Corporation has been hosting an informal grassroots Asian film festival in a vacant lot near the city’s Chinatown Gate.
Spatial Enclosure Analysis with GIS
Submitted by Mike.Zimney on Tue, 09/01/2009 - 3:40pmI've been using GIS to help analyze spatial enclosure of existing development by using street centerline data and building footprint data.