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A City Center for the People: Athens, Greece
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Fri, 11/23/2012 - 4:27amThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers present a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts ... read more »
Taking Ownership In Unincorporated Communities: South Hill, Washington’s Community Plan
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Fri, 11/23/2012 - 3:42amThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers present a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts ... read more »
Capital MetroRail Prioritizes People to Create an Accessible, Connected, and Sustainable City
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Thu, 11/08/2012 - 9:25amThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers present a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts fro... read more »
EPA Building Blocks deadlines approaching
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CITY SPOTLIGHT: A Critical View of Plan Cincinnati
Submitted by kapoppel on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 1:46pm
This post is part of a new series on the CNU Salons, CITY SPOTLIGHT. City Spotlight shines a light on the latest news, developments and initiatives occurring in cities and towns where CNU members live and work.
The below post is part II of a City Spotlight on Cincinnati and comes ... read more »
Does statewide planning matter very much?
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 7:44amWhen California passed SB 375 (a law requiring local planners to create strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions) environmentalists were enthuasiastic, while pro-sprawl commentators used hyperbolic rhetoric to attack the law.
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Chicago Cycling: What's Next?
Submitted by Johanna Bye on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 12:50pmFor all you Chicagoans interested in bike planning in the city, head to the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum at 2430 North Cannon Drive (just north of the Lincoln Park Zoo) TONIGHT, June 21, for a panel discussion on the future of cycling in Chicago. Panelists will share how Chicago is becoming more bi... read more »
From One Municipality to Another...
Submitted by cemerson on Wed, 06/20/2012 - 4:03pmIn my former life as a lawprof and private consultant focused on New Urbanism, I remember many trips to many different cities where I shared my best advice on how to overcome the challenges of sprawl development. During every one of those seminars, speeches, and the like, I offered what I thou... read more »
Highway Spotlight: Minhocão - São Paulo's "Big Worm"
Submitted by Bryant Au on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 2:55pmMinhocão (“The Big Worm”) is an elevated highway running through the heart of São Paulo, Brazil – the largest city in one of the fastest growing countries in the world. Officially Via Elevada Presidente Artur da Costa E Silva, after Brazil's second president, the Minhocão was built in 1971 ... read more »
Jeff Tumlin to speak on “Sustainable Transportation Planning: Tools for Creating Vibrant, Healthy, and Resilient Communities”
Submitted by mikejersha on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 11:00amOn Tuesday May 1, 2012 at 6PM Jeff Tumlin of the transportation planning and engineering firm Nelson/Nygaard will be discussing his new book, Sustainable Transportation Planning: Tools for Creating Vibrant, Healthy, and Resilient Communities, as part of CNU NorCal's Speaker Series. The event wi... read more »