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New Urbanism's pivot point
We have the great opportunity to leverage what we have learned in the controlled, lab-like setting...
May 21 2012 11:42am Joe Nickol
The value of value capture
Infrastructure should not be a catalyst for growth but something that emerges in support of...
May 21 2012 9:24am Charles Marohn
Cycling forward: National Bike To Work Day
Countless organizations and city departments will be in the streets of America this morning,...
May 18 2012 7:02am Mike Lydon
Study: Car-sharing squeezes carbon emissions
Car-sharers could reach, under the most optimistic scenario, 20.3 million people, according to a...
May 17 2012 11:41am Robert Steuteville
Density without high-rises?
What can cities and towns do to achieve higher-density without sacrificing the aesthetic beauty...
6 May 16 2012 12:26pm Ed McMahon
Addressing ‘missing middle’ housing in the Queen City
A form-based code would bring residents back to depopulated neighborhoods in Cincinnati.
3 May 15 2012 11:04am Dan Parolek
Uninhabitable high-rises
My tweet-cast of Léon Krier's address to the Congress for the New Urbanism Saturday morning...
1 May 15 2012 6:50am Steve Mouzon
This just in from CNU 20: World not yet saved
As usual, the CNU20 agenda was packed with passion and ambition, with a smidgeon of apocalyptic...
May 14 2012 3:19pm Ben Brown
CNU 20 recap
I just got back from spending a week in West Palm Beach, meeting with new urbanists and, together...
May 14 2012 8:19am Charles Marohn
Mother’s big helper
It’s true, says a mother who lives in a mixed-use walkable community: Good urban design makes...
May 11 2012 8:58am Petra Spiess
US obesity rates continue to soar, in part because of automobile dependence
Obesity is as much a health problem as it is an environmental problem.  Reducing automobile...
May 9 2012 2:45pm Kaid Benfield
The pitfalls of "entertainment districts"
Entertainment districts often promise to breath new life into distressed downtowns.  So why...
5 May 9 2012 12:40pm
When public art disturbs its viewers
Artistic expressions painted on the surfaces of a city aren’t always as benign as their advocates...
5 May 8 2012 8:09am Philip Langdon
CNU 20 & NextGen
New urbanists from around the globe are gathering this week in West Palm Beach, Florida for the CNU...
May 7 2012 4:02pm Charles Marohn
HOPE VI and the inner city
Part Three of a series on New Urbanism looks at the remaking of America’s failed public housing...
1 May 7 2012 8:27am Peter Katz
Updating the Charter Book: Same mission, broader scope
On the 16th anniversary of the signing of the 27 principles of the Charter of the New Urbanism,...
May 5 2012 8:52am Emily Talen
A complicated legacy: Just how Jane would like it
Jane Jacobs, Tea Partier? On her birthday and six years after her death, there are many facets to...
9 May 4 2012 8:49am Anthony Flint
What urbanists learned from Jacobs
Thanks to Jane Jacobs, “observational urbanism” has steadily gathered momentum for five...
May 4 2012 8:09am Robert Steuteville
Pub shed: Mapping your five minute stumble distance
Here's a novel use of ped shed analysis for those of us who enjoy throwing back a few pints every...
9 May 3 2012 12:59pm Scott Doyon
The origins of the Congress for the New Urbanism
Part Two recalls a small group of thoughtful, committed urbanists who changed the course of...
1 May 2 2012 9:10am Peter Katz
A Golden opportunity
Market trends in California support compact, mixed-use neighborhoods — and such neighborhoods would...
7 May 1 2012 10:22am Robert Steuteville
CNU at 20: A recollection
Part One of a series on New Urbanism begins by identifying the movement’s many strands.
4 Apr 30 2012 11:09am Peter Katz
Paved with good intentions
Doing the math on what those highway investments really return.
4 Apr 30 2012 8:13am Charles Marohn
Stop making sense: A new strategy for community outreach
Judgments by the public are not constrained by traditions of objectivity we strive for in legal...
Apr 30 2012 7:37am Ben Brown
America's foolish detour into shopping malls
Six decades ago this spring a manifesto was published that established a blueprint for car-...
11 Apr 27 2012 8:43am Mark Hinshaw
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