CNU Salons
Lifelong Communities Charrette Brings New Urbanists together to Asess Atlanta's Future
Submitted by Heather Smith on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 11:50pmAt the Lifelong Communities Charrette . the Atlanta Regional Commission and DPZ Charrette
Obama: Days of sprawl 'are over'
Submitted by Jon Davis on Tue, 02/10/2009 - 2:59pmPresident Obama set the New Urbanist world ablaze with one sentence out of an hour-long town hall meeting in Fort Myers, Fla.:
Harvard Study: Happiness is contagious, spreading among friends, neighbors, siblings and spouses...
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Tue, 02/10/2009 - 12:08amFeb 8, 2009, Harvard Study: Happiness is contagious, spreading among friends, neighbors, siblings and spouses...
Kunstler's advice to Obama: Work with CNU to stimulate overlooked downtowns
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 12:33pmFresh off his appearance in the New Yorker as a guide to the future — he'd argue near future — dislocations of the post-peak-oil landscape, Jim
Doomsday as an Opportunity?
Submitted by Heather Smith on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 3:42pmIf you've read James Howard Kunstler, you are familiar with his doomsday scenario.
Madison Magazine: The New New Urbanism
Submitted by Joe Menard on Fri, 01/30/2009 - 4:15pmMadison, Wisconsin and new urbanism, as profiled by Madison Magazine, are proving to be a perf
In the News: Charrette produces ideas, enthusiasm for Brewery District
Submitted by crandell on Thu, 01/29/2009 - 5:09pmCharrette produces ideas, enthusiasm for Brewery District
by Kevin LeMaster
from Soapbox Cincinnati
A mass transit dilemma: Ridership up, funds down.
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Tue, 01/27/2009 - 9:45pmPublic transport systems are reeling from an economic crisis that has dried up tax revenue and blown gaps in state budgets. They are having to raise fares and cut services.
By Richard Fausset
Use the Stimulus to Make Transportation More Like the Internet: John Norquist in Planetizen
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 01/26/2009 - 3:54pmWhile the Obama Administration is readying to harness the power of the internet and social media, it should put the same principles to work to improve our transportation systems with the stimulus bill
Communities battle 'unfair' housing rule
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Sun, 01/25/2009 - 9:25pmFive well-heeled South Jersey communities continue to fight a state plan to create nearly 4,000 affordable housing units in the next nine years.In July, Gov. Jon S.