CNU Salons
Top Down or Bottoms Up?
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 11:26pmThis morning at #CNU17 we heard all about critical importance of bottom-up comprehensive planning for community buy-in on implementation.
Recommend the walking tours!
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 11:04pmI took the 3-hour driving tour of Denver at #CNU17 today, and it was wonderful to get out into all the traditional older neighborhoods with wonderful character and architecture.
#CNU17 In Search of a Vision for High-Speed Rail
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 9:20pmHere's a change New Urbanists can believe in: The new stimulus program gives 40 percent of the transportation money to rail, and only 60 percent to highways. This is a real shift
#CNU17 Repairing Sprawl in Just a Few (Easy?) Steps
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 9:11pmEven if they stopped building sprawl tomorrow, it will still be with us for decades. "We have to live with it."
Marketing Sustainable Communities – Survivalists on the Rise
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 4:37pm"You really need to know who you’re speaking to."
#cnu17 Lizz Plater-Zyberk on Coping With Climate Change
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 4:37pmThe climate change discussion always makes Lizz Plater-Zyberk think of two different aphorisms, she said Wednesday during the DPZ pre-Congress workshop on "Settlements for the 21st Century."
Comprehensive Planning Session
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 2:36pmInteresting presentation by Gianni Longo, of ACP Visioning & Planning, and staff and consultants in other cities going through the comp plan process. My notes from the session. #CNU17
Revitalizing Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine (Part 2 - the Neighborhood's Assets)
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 4:46pmLast week I wrote the first installment of my miniseries about Cincinnati’s remarkable Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.
Climate Action Plans: Seeking cities integrating land-use planning
Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 3:12pmI'm looking for examples of cities that are doing a good job of integrating land-use planning and transportation planning into their municipal climate-action plans. Austin is not!
See a Google Earth Map, Location and Transportation Assets of an Entire City Declared "In Need of Redevelopment"
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 9:55amGoogle Earth Map Location and Transportation Assets of an Entire City Declared "In Need of Redevelopment"