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Emergency Response and Street Design Initiative Report Released
Submitted by Johanna Bye on Tue, 02/01/2011 - 2:18pmSince 2008, the Congress for the New Urbanism has been working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Smart Growth program and fire marshals from across the nation to establish new street design standards that allow for narrower streets and increased connectivity.
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CNU's Emergency Response and Street Design Initiative
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 10:24pmCNU is leading the charge to get new urbanists and firefighters to agree on a set of street design standards that are both attractive, useful, pedestrian-friendly and safer for all.
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More evidence emerges: Sprawl lengthens emergency response times
Submitted by Jon Davis on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 4:25pmSuburban sprawl is hurting Emergency Medical Service response times, according to a new study released by University of Virginia researchers and published in the November 2009 edition of the ... read more »
Public comments window open for fire code proposals
Submitted by Jon Davis on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 5:29pmCNU went 1-for-2 at the International Code Council’s fire code hearings in October 2009, but as ... read more »
CNU at the fire code hearings: Here we go...
Submitted by Jon Davis on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 9:51amBALTIMORE -- CNU’s proposed changes to the International Fire Code will be heard and either approved or rejected within the next two hou
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CNU's fire code proposals up today in Baltimore; watch the hearings online
Submitted by Jon Davis on Sun, 10/25/2009 - 11:14amBALTIMORE – The International Code Council hearings are an arena in which the (mostly) irresistible force of brevity meets the immovable agenda: hundreds of proposed additions, deletions, correct
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Transportation Summit host touts street design-safety links
Submitted by Jon Davis on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 3:31pmStreet design goes far beyond traffic “throughput” or aesthetics alone; strong links between street design and public safety must be recognized and incorporated into everyday traffic engineerin
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Charlotte case study links street connectivity with faster response time, greater efficiency for emergency services
Submitted by logannash on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 4:54pmIn the past, New Urbanists and some fire departments have been at odds over street design.
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Connected Streets and Emergency Response
Submitted by mbittner on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 3:28pmWhile the environmental, social, and even
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More sprinklers, narrower streets?
Submitted by Jon Davis on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 8:09amSprinklers are the key to greater flexibility from the fire service, says Capt. Frank Kinnier, an assistant fire marshal with Chesterfield County (Va.) Fire & EMS.
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