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Calthorpe on Chinese urbanism
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 12:16pmPeter Calthorpe spoke this morning on Chinese urbanism- the good and the bad. From a new urbanist perspective, the good includes density and transportation: Chinese cities tend to be more compact than ours, and the government seeks to limit car use to a 20% modal share (i.e. 20 percent of all trips... read more »
Open Streets on State Street
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 2:11pmThanks to the Chicago Loop Alliance and the Active Transportation Alliance, that great street State St. is set to become a pedestrian paradise on Saturday, October 1st. All you need to bring is your feet! Read below for the full specs:
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Madison Residents Fight for Narrower Streets
Submitted by MattBerggren on Thu, 12/09/2010 - 4:00pmCheck out Neighbors won fight for narrower Willy St. — now they want even more by Pat Schneider.
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Shop windows: an endangered species?
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 05/24/2010 - 9:01amTwo weeks ago, I wrote a post on my NRDC blog (‘Walkability 101-A’) drawing from Washington architect
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Grid is good: Keeping the faith with the classic street patterns
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 5:09pmGrids are the urbanists' power tools, Lee Sobel told Friday afternoon's session on "The Great American Grid." They help build great places quickly.
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Taking it to the Street
Submitted by beuban29 on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 11:50amOur studio was recently included in APA's Planning Magazine for our Field Trips and what we have learned from them.
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Virginia adopts innovative smart streets rules
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 03/23/2009 - 1:15pmUnder the leadership of governor Tim Kaine, the Commonwealth of Virginia has adopted new requirements designed to make n
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Connected Streets and Emergency Response
Submitted by mbittner on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 3:28pmWhile the environmental, social, and even
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CNU XV Blog, Part 13: fire departments and skinny streets
Submitted by MLewyn on Sat, 05/19/2007 - 8:34pmFor most of Saturday morning and early afternoon I was at historic Mikveh Israel synagogue (www.mikvehisrael.org), site of America's second oldest (I think) Jewish congregation- so I missed more CNU s
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