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Where Transportation Engineers go to recover, reform and change the world: Streetsblog on CNU's Transportation Summit
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 3:44pmThere are precious few places where transportation engineers, planners, government officials and developers break out of their silos and actually cooperate in creating transportation systems that actu
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CNU 2009 Transportation Summit Tour: Learn why Street Car Networks are the Wave of the Future!
Submitted by nathan.ziccarelli on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 11:09amOn this tour you will examine Portland's small block pedestrian-friendly residential neighborhoods and main streets within walking distances.
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CNU 2009 Transportation Summit Tour: Examine Portland's Presidential Design Awarded Transit Mall!
Submitted by nathan.ziccarelli on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 10:38amIn 1977 the Portland Transit Mall was the first Portland structure to receive national and international recognition for design excellence since Pietro Belluschi’s 1948 Equitable building.
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CNU 2009 Transportation Summit Tour: Bike Portland with Original Portland Network Planner, Mia Birk!!!
Submitted by nathan.ziccarelli on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 9:46amCan we transform and adapt a large, car-oriented city into one in which cycling is an integral part of daily life?” Since 1993, Mia Birk has been attempting to answer that question.
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CNU 2009 Transportation Summit: Stroll Portland’s Green Streets November 4th with Leading Experts...
Submitted by nathan.ziccarelli on Wed, 10/07/2009 - 9:23pmCome join us on this fascinating tour held by The Congress for the New Urbanism, where we will assess Portland’s multi-modal streets and networks.
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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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An Urbanist Talking Head Considers Livable Cities
Submitted by Joe Menard on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 7:48pmMusician,visual artist, writer, blogger, and Jane Jacobs fan, David Byrne, knows a thing or two about cities.
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Fighting back in the war of words against high-speed rail
Submitted by logannash on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 1:51pmStreetsblog's Ryan Avent has become the tireless defender of high-speed rail investment over the past few weeks.
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High-Speed urbanism: The push against an airport HSR station in Madison
Submitted by logannash on Tue, 08/11/2009 - 4:48pmThankfully, it seems clear that livability and sustainable transportation planning are part of Obama and DOT head Ray LaHood’s plan for Ameri
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Create a PSA for the "Biking Rules!" competition, win $4,000
Submitted by logannash on Tue, 08/11/2009 - 10:44amNYC-based Transportation Alternatives is holding a competition for a PSA that promotes the image of urban cycling and broadcasts its merits to the wider public.
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