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Transit Riding: Its NOT All About New York
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 11/11/2014 - 5:05pmCommentators who seek to minimize the importance of recent growth in public transit ridership argue that this increase is predominantly a result of New York's rising ridership. There is a grain of truth to this argument: New York is so big that rising ridership in that city alone can affect nationa... read more »
Chanukah Songs for Urbanists
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 12/01/2013 - 3:13pmOne wonderful thing about Chanukah is how easily its songs lend themselves to adaptation. For example, last week I adapted the Chanukah song "Mi Y'Malel" (Who Can Retell) here. Then I created a New York version here. Create some lyrics for your own city!
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Documenting NIMBYism
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 04/25/2013 - 11:05amBecause much of the literature on anti-density "exclusionary zoning" involves suburbs, you might think that cities tend to favor development and density. But according to a recent paper by Vicki Been of NYU Law, this is not the case. The study examines rezonings proposed by the New York ... read more »
Shared Spaces: 4 Cities/4 Plans for Pedestrian, Cycling Safety
Submitted by Robert P. Gordon on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 10:33pmThis post orginally appeared on RGordonArchitect, the architecture and design blog of Chicago-based architect Robert Gordon.
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Urban Designer Series: Jane Jacobs, the Mother of Urban Design
Submitted by erin.chantry on Sat, 01/19/2013 - 4:01pm
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CNU CITY SPOTLIGHT: Pedestrian Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 08/20/2012 - 10:54am
This post is part of a new series on the CNU Salons, CITY SPOTLIGHT. City Spotlight shines a light on the latest news, developments and initiatives occurring in cities and towns where CNU members live and work.
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Sprawl: Opportunity Costs - Opportunity Lost
Submitted by Javi2929 on Tue, 11/08/2011 - 1:02pmThe image is a drawing done by the author, simply expressing visually what I would be seeing from the place I grew up. Looking back, I might wonder how I can look back further in time and see how a city like New York, and my "old" neighborhood came into existence, how it has changed and constantly e... read more »
The High Line Brought Down to Earth: Chicago's Bloomingdale Trail
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 9:27amIt's been exactly one month since Rahm Emanuel assumed the mayoralty in Chicago, and already pedestrians are beginning to feel the Mayor's presence on city streets everywhere. Emanuel has given free reign to new CDOT commissioner Gabe Klein to introduce a series of measures in envisi... read more »
Confronting NYC's traffic congestion problems
Submitted by Dillon Goodson on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 2:38pmNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg last week
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CNU XVI – Robert Caro on Robert Moses
Submitted by Chris Clair on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 12:38amLast year several New York museums and institutions put together a retrospective on the career of Robert Moses.
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