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Dr. Lawrence Frank: Climate Change and Health Impacts of Transportation Network Design
Submitted by abanks on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 3:30pm
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Climate Change and Health Impacts of Transportation Network Design
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Andy Mortenson: Measuring Transportation Connectivity by RDI
Submitted by nathan.ziccarelli on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 3:19pm
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Andy Mortenson-Measuring Transportation Connectivity by RDI
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John Norquist: Emergency Response and Street Design Initiative
Submitted by abanks on Sat, 11/14/2009 - 7:20pm
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John Norquist, CNU's President and CEO outlines the importance of narrower, interconnected street networks, and how connectivity, ranging from the regional scale to the local neighborhood, block and street scale is contrary to common th... read more »
Rick Hall: To Walk or Not to Walk
Submitted by abanks on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 5:01pm
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Rick Hall analyzes the economic, health and environmental implications of creating pedestrian friendly, walkable neighborhoods. While recognizing the importance of walkability to the overall effort of healthy urban development, Mr. Hal... read more »
New Street Typologies/New Street Types
Submitted by logannash on Tue, 07/14/2009 - 2:24pm
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As communities turn from sprawl towards retrofitting existing districts and corridors, misfits between street and land use types often compromise livability, sustainability, and economic development. Learn how some cities have responded... read more »
Why we need Sustainable Transportation Networks (STN)
Submitted by logannash on Tue, 07/14/2009 - 2:03pm
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The current economic crisis and the reality of global climate change require that we work hard at getting the most out of our existing transportation infrastructure. This session continues the CNU Initiative for Sustainable Transportati... read more »
Optimizing Urban Structure: Toward an Integrated New Urbanist Model
Submitted by logannash on Tue, 07/07/2009 - 3:16pm
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Urban structuring must optimize access, exchange, retail, ‘Movement Economy’, and public transport from neighborhoods to regions and their centers. But modern impediments include America’s ‘Functional Classification’ road syst... read more »