CNU Salons

#CNU17 In Search of a Vision for High-Speed Rail

Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 9:20pm

Here's a change New Urbanists can believe in: The new stimulus program gives 40 percent of the transportation money to rail, and only 60 percent to highways. This is a real shift

#CNU17 Repairing Sprawl in Just a Few (Easy?) Steps

Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 9:11pm

Even if they stopped building sprawl tomorrow, it will still be with us for decades. "We have to live with it."

Marketing Sustainable Communities – Survivalists on the Rise

Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 4:37pm

"You really need to know who you’re speaking to."

#cnu17 Lizz Plater-Zyberk on Coping With Climate Change

Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 4:37pm

The climate change discussion always makes Lizz Plater-Zyberk think of two different aphorisms, she said Wednesday during the DPZ pre-Congress workshop on "Settlements for the 21st Century."

Comprehensive Planning Session

Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 2:36pm

Interesting presentation by Gianni Longo, of ACP Visioning & Planning, and staff and consultants in other cities going through the comp plan process. My notes from the session. #CNU17

Revitalizing Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine (Part 2 - the Neighborhood's Assets)

Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 4:46pm

Last week I wrote the first installment of my miniseries about Cincinnati’s remarkable Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.

Climate Action Plans: Seeking cities integrating land-use planning

Submitted by Katherine Gregor on Sun, 06/07/2009 - 3:12pm

I'm looking for examples of cities that are doing a good job of integrating land-use planning and transportation planning into their municipal climate-action plans. Austin is not!

See a Google Earth Map, Location and Transportation Assets of an Entire City Declared "In Need of Redevelopment"

Submitted by Michael McAteer on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 9:55am

Google Earth Map Location and Transportation Assets of an Entire City Declared "In Need of Redevelopment"

Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine, On the Verge

Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 1:40pm

Cincinnati’s historic and very centrally located Over-the-Rhine neighborhood is poised to become one of America’s greatest revitalization stories, in the process creating a national exemplar of gr

Michael Moore says farewell to GM ... and cars?

Submitted by Jon Davis on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 12:21pm

In the wreckage of General Motors, Michael Moore senses salvation: The demise of GM as we’ve known it offers a tremendous opportunity to catch up to the rest of the world where high-speed passeng