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Do You <3 Bus Rapid Transit?
Submitted by Tim Halbur on Wed, 10/09/2013 - 4:12pmSupporters of bus rapid transit in Chicago are taking a drubbing from anti-BRT groups - at least, in the news coverage.
Is NYC Building Enough Housing?
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 10/08/2013 - 1:11pmNew York city planning director Amanda Burden recently argued that there's not much more that the city can do to make housing more affordable, claiming that the city has given out 30,000 building permits per year, yet prices have failed to go down. But in fact, New York has built housing at a much lower rate than some other cities.
Park(ing) Day Tempe 2013 | Students for the New Urbanism @ ASU
Submitted by Mitchell Bobman on Mon, 10/07/2013 - 5:16pm
Explaining the Koontz Decision
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 10/06/2013 - 7:55pmA few months ago, the federal Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District.
CNU Illinois and Students for New Urbanism Host Pop-Up Design Studio
Submitted by Peter Collins on Thu, 09/26/2013 - 12:14pmCNU Illinois and the Illinois Chapter of Students for New Urbanism hosted a successful Pop-up Urban Design Studio last week in Chicago. The studio gave students the opportunity to experience a peer-led charrette followed by collaboration with professional designers and planners. The selected site for re-design was a brownfield site in Rockford, Illinois.
Does smart growth regulation create price instability?
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 09/25/2013 - 10:09amOne argument I've seen in anti-smart growth literature is that regulation generally and/or smart growth-oriented regulation creates housing bubbles that lead to price instability.
Reality Check on Urban Poverty
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 09/25/2013 - 8:48amI've read some stories suggesting that poverty is decreasing in cities and increasing in suburbs. Urbanists see this alleged trend as evidence that cities are becoming more popular; egalitarians see it as evidence that gentrification is driving the poor into suburbia.
Should San Francisco Be Freeway-Free?
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/24/2013 - 4:30pmCould San Francisco function without any freeways? With all the derring-do that an outsider agitator can bring to a city of stakeholders, I suggested just that last Friday in the City by the Bay. Streetsblog was there.
So read the article and comment and vote. Should the SF Freeway system be wiped away?
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Calling All Advocates: New Highways-to-Boulevards Survey
Submitted by LeRoy Taylor on Tue, 09/24/2013 - 3:43pmHello Highway Removal Advocates!
CNU is embarking on a new an effort that will expand our Highways-to-Boulevards initiative through online educational resources. This educational series will provide advocates with the tools to execute a successful Highway Removal campaign. We need to hear from you about what tools, information, and resources would be most helpful.
How The Sprawl Lobby Is Totalitarian
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 09/24/2013 - 11:08amI recently read the following comment justifying sprawl-oriented policies: "people still want the freedom of choice, privacy and flexibility a car affords."
I have often seen this sort of argument; it seems to me to endorse the following chain of logic: (1) an unspecified number of "people" (presumably a majority) want cars and therefore (2) we should enact policies that make car ownership effectively mandatory (e.g. using highways to shift development to places without public transit, building streets too wide to be crossable by pedestrians).