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Chicago Unveils Bike 2015 Plan
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 11:16amChicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley is making designs to hand off the mayoral baton to Rahm Emanuel...via bicycle relay race. Yesterday saw the release of Chicago's Bike 2015 Plan, a comprehensive program aimed towards improving cyclist safety and expanding Chicago's bicycling infrastructure.
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CNU Mourns Loss of Friend and Colleague Michael Barranco
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Fri, 02/25/2011 - 3:21pmCNU is sad to learn of the tragic accident that took the life of architect and new urbanist Michael Barranco. He was killed Tuesday night in a car accident in Tunica County, Mississippi. Based in Jackson, Mississippi, Barranco was actively involved with the Gulf Coast CNU chapter, and helped l... read more »
Town Centers are the New Death Panels
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 11:03pmNew urbanism is getting the attention and ire of tea partiers, at least according to this recent article in Grist. Apparently development that saves on public resources is somehow anti-American. New urbanism - it just performs better.
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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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IBMadison features CNU 19
Submitted by MattBerggren on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 3:22pmA recent article in IBMadison talks about CNU 19 coming to Madison. Check it out here!
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L.A. Times writes about Stefanos Polyzoides
Submitted by MattBerggren on Wed, 01/26/2011 - 3:19pmThe Los Angeles Times recently wrote an article about Stefanos Polyzoides and the founding of the Congress for the New Urbanism. The article discusses what New Urbanism is all about, what motivated Stefanos to co-found CNU, and all the work Stefanos has done. It's definitly worth a read.
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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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John Norquist Makes Speech in Pensacola
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 1:16pmJohn Norquist spoke December 15th at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. An article appeared in the Pensacola News Journal featuring John and his ideas about his work with CNU and his time as mayor of Milwaukee.
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John Norquist Visits Australian New Urbanists
Submitted by MattBerggren on Wed, 11/24/2010 - 10:37amCNU President John Norquist joined US DOT Asst. Secretary Polly Trottenberg, New York Planning Association Executive Director Robert Yaro and HUD Asst. Secretary Raphael Bostic at Sustainability Conference in Brisbane Australia. The four spoke to a conference organized by the Sydney University's US ... read more »
John Norquist in Australia
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 3:29pmJohn Norquist recently traveled to Australia, and was featured prominently in this Sydney Morning Herald article about good and bad congestion and urban development.
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