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Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares
PODCAST | Walkable Urban Thoroughfares in State Planning: A Conversation with Illinois DOT
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/15/2013 - 2:18pmCNU President John Norquist sits down with Bola Delano, Deputy Director for Planning and Programing at the Illinois DOT, to discuss a recent statewide workshop on the Designing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares manual, led by CNU.
In this podcast, learn how the manual might fit the state's long-range tra... read more »
CNU Board and Illinois DOT Meet in Chicago
Submitted by Chris McCahill on Thu, 03/14/2013 - 1:09pmWhen it comes to urban design issues, the Illinois Department of Transportation may not have the best track record.
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Mayors Appeal to Roadway Designers at Workshop in Chicago
Submitted by Chris McCahill on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 10:57pmOn Thursday, February 7, the Congress for the New Urbanism led the first of two day-long workshops for transportation professionals in Chicagoland. More than 50 people filled a room at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) to focus on the CNU/ITE recommended practice, Designing W... read more »
How Walkable / Pedestrian Friendly Is Downtown Panama City, Panama?
Submitted by Dylan on Wed, 12/26/2012 - 12:59pmThe answer to the question in the title of the Blog- well...... the picture to the right might be a little bit deceiving.
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A case for urbanism - Surviving a zombie apocalypse
Submitted by Javi2929 on Thu, 10/25/2012 - 4:04pmAn unconventional perspective for the case on urbanism.
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Tell the US Green Building Council How It Can Improve LEED Certification System
Submitted by mcarney on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 1:56pm
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is in the process of updating its green building rating systems including LEED-ND and is encouraging public comments. The public comment period is closing this Wednesday, September 14.
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Congress has new guide for switch to livable, high-performance street networks, experts testify at House hearing
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Fri, 06/11/2010 - 4:28pmU.S. Representative Peter DeFazio chaired a timely hearing of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee of the House Transportation Committee today.
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