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Get More (Much More) From Those Road Dollars, Norquist Advises Congress
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Fri, 06/11/2010 - 4:50pmWhen a key House subcommittee delved into an important topic this week — how federal transportation programs can support "context-sensitive solutions" designed around the full range of needs of people and their neighborhoods, rather than just the needs of their automobiles — CNU's John Norquist ... read more »
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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#CNU18: Some hot stats on health and the built environment
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 10:24amA cyclist can travel 3.5 miles on the energy of a 350-calorie slice of pizza. A car can go 100 feet.
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Food, Energy, Transportation, Urban Design, Climate for an Eternity without Oil!
Submitted by kimgyr on Sun, 05/16/2010 - 8:48pm2. The specific challenges that we must all address are A) the production of food without petroleum – there were approximately 100 million Americans in 1915 and 21.5 million horses (≅5:1) to help
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Active Transportation Alliance seeks Executive Director
Submitted by crandell on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 5:50pmThe country's largest advocate for biking, walking and transit invites applications from leaders with energy, sophistication, and creativity to become its next Executive Director.
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Why we shouldn't get too obsessed with congestion
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 04/08/2010 - 4:37pmAs I explain in my most recent Planetizen blog post, there isn't really a strong correlation between regional growth and traffic congestion.
http://www.planetizen.com/node/43543
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Secretary LaHood: Policy statement on Bicycle and Pedestrian Accommodation Regulations & Recommendations
Submitted by MKrusee on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 4:55pmSecretary Ray LaHood made this important announcement regarding highway funding and bike
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Stimulus grant puts NYC’s Moynihan Station on the right track
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 12:03pmLast week, federal transportation secretary Ray LaHood announced $1.5 billion worth of grants to assist 51 pending transportation projects in 41 states and the District of Columbia. None will be
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Norquist Op-Ed: Fund real main streets — not highways — with the "Jobs for Main Streets" bill
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 12/28/2009 - 1:40pmThe rollout of Congress' latest stimulus bill has been all about "Jobs for Main Street." That's a great message, argues CNU President John Norquist in a timely ... read more »
Water Usage by Land Use
Submitted by mhathorne on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 5:34pmI am trying to dig up some information about averages of water usage based on different land uses. Does anyone have any information along these lines that they could share?
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