CNU Salons
A New Urbanist’s Pilgrimage (Part I): Rosemary Beach.
Submitted by erin.chantry on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 4:54pmThis Memorial Day weekend I had the opportunity to go the hotbed of New Urbanism on the 30A coast in the Panhandle of Florida. Of course I was thrilled to finally see what many consider to be the foundation of New Urbanism and the development that catapulted Duany Plater-Zyberk (DPZ) into architecture and urban planning fame: Seaside. (Post to follow…) Of course a few others have popped up along the same county road, including Rosemary Beach, where my family and I stayed for 4 days. That’s right – I was livin’ it up, New Urbanism style.
Eric Dumbaugh's "Rethinking the Economics of Traffic Congestion"
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 1:36pmFlorida Atlantic University professor Eric Dumbaugh makes yet another case for congestion in this piece for The Atlantic Cities, "Rethinking the Economics of Traffic Congestion."
How does finance shape urban form?
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 1:21pm"Increasingly, federal officials are realizing the deleterious effects of these.
No Freedom For Me
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 05/30/2012 - 10:19amThe auto lobby likes to claim that automobile dependence means "freedom." But this certainly did not reflect my experience last week. I visited Atlanta (where my parents and siblings live) for a vacation, and lost my drivers' license a couple of days into the vacation. Since my license is a New York license, I couldn't get it replaced while I was in Atlanta. And because my parents live in one of the city's most automobile-dependent areas*, I couldn't get anywhere without getting rides from family members.
CMAP Ideas Exchange
Submitted by Heather Smith on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 1:20pmYesterday I had the pleasure of attending the CMAP Local Technical Assistance Ideas Exchange.
Bob Dean, CMAP Deputy Executive Director of Local Planning opened and talked about how CMAP has implemented their GO to 2040 Plan.
Eye on the Street: Friday, May 25th, 2012
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 11:16am
New Urbanism in Purmerend, NL by Ben Patience.
Rebuilding urban Judaism
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 7:37pmIn most car-oriented American cities, Jews moved to the suburbs as rapidly as anyone else, if not more so. As a result, most such cities lack a Jewish presence anywhere near downtown. For example, until recently the most "urban" synagogues in Dallas and Kansas City were six or seven miles from downtown, and there is only one synagogue left within the Cleveland city limits (only a few blocks from said city limits).
National Call-In Day for Transportation Bill - Call Today and Make Your Voice Heard
Submitted by mikejersha on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 2:09pmAttention to all of our loyal CNU members; today is the National Call-In Day for a Transportation Bill. At this very moment, the House of Representatives and Senate Conference Committees are meeting to develop a final transportation bill.
USA Today - Military planners want to make bases worldwide more walkable
Submitted by mikejersha on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 12:51pmNew Urbanism has reached a new type of community in its attempt to promote healthy, walkable places: military bases. The traditionally auto-centric suburban design of bases is clearly inefficient, where thousands of empty parking spaces are common, and the overall developed area is equivalent to the physical footprint of Wal-Mart Stores. To combat this, eariler this week the Department of Defense laid plans to focus on compact, transit-oriented developments for its bases to improve quality of life for those residents.
National Dialogue on Improving Transportation Performance
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 12:41pmCalling CNU Project for Transportation Reformers!
Have an idea to contribute to the National Dialogue on Improving Transportation Performance?