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Wherein the New Haven Independent has kind words for our very own Robert Orr and his effort to promote the SmartCode.

Chicago's newspapers hit the streets today (May 6) with -- among the usual hyperbole and pabulum -- a story to warm the cockles of any new urbanist's heart.

Sprinklers are the key to greater flexibility from the fire service, says Capt. Frank Kinnier, an assistant fire marshal with Chesterfield County (Va.) Fire & EMS.

NOTE: This is cross-posted as a reply to this post at The Overhead Wire blog.

A contentious debate is under way in my hometown, Evanston, Illinois, where developers James Klutznick and Tim Anderson propose building a new condominium tower downtown across Church Street from the

Friday’s concurrent session, CNU and the ITE Manual, asked a simple question: Can new urbanists work with engineers to

When you dial 911, you don’t really care how the emergency responders reach you, so long as they do.

Streetcars aren’t means of moving people as much as they’re tools to leverage good urbanism and help preserve the city’s existing urban form.

As CNU XVI: New Urbanism and the Booming Metropolis draws nigh, an opportunity to help make big plans drops into the laps of Chicago-area new urbanists.