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CNU on CNN: Norquist Touts Location Efficiency on "Issue #1"
Submitted by Jon Davis on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 11:14amAs Americans are rousted from our collective 50-year torpor by ever-rising gasoline prices, newspapers and television stations around the country are finally realizing what we've known for a long t
New to the Affordability Initiative!
Submitted by anthony.riederer on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 10:46amAs part of our Affordability Initiative, Congress for the New Urbanism is beginning a continuing series on various issues in affordable housing.
Energy Prices Spurring "Reversal of Desirability"
Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 3:19pmGreat article by Peter Goodman in today's New York Times, "Rethinking the Country
EPA grant is now official
Submitted by JNorquist on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 12:42pmI'm pleased to say that the U.S.
The Housing Bubble Collapses Inward
Submitted by anthony.riederer on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 9:03amIn an article for Standard and Poor’s, economist David Stiff argues that the trend of rapid outward urbanization prevalent during the housing bubble may not return with as much vigor, even as the re
Nutter speech inspires city planners. Friday, June 20, Philadelphia Inquirer
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Fri, 06/20/2008 - 8:25amIn the first major policy speech of his five-month-old administration, Mayor Nutter presented a pitch-perfect vision on a subject that rarely gets people's hearts racing: planning and zoning...That Nu
Demographic Changes, High Gasoline Prices Fuel Demand for Urban Living
Submitted by joel.vanderweele on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 2:37pmIn a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, Jonathan Karp suggests that rising fuel costs and a desire to abandon the suburban culture of the previous half-century is causing both baby boomers and
CRA/LA, Largest Redevelopment Agency in the Nation, Goes “Green”
Submitted by joel.vanderweele on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 2:11pmAccording to a recent release on their website, the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA), has decided to move forward with its ambitious Healthy Neighborhoods Policy.
Oil prices fuel fury from the pulpit. Some clergy question the car's role in society. L.A. Times, June 17, 2008
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Tue, 06/17/2008 - 5:25pmIn houses of worship nationwide, preachers are railing against the forces of energy evil, and congregations are praying for lower fuel prices.Religious leaders are struggling to help their members cop
Los Angeles Times, June 17, 2008 Gas prices latest worry for real estate market.
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Tue, 06/17/2008 - 5:18pmThe financial burden of longer commutes makes homes in outlying areas that are already reeling even less attractive.