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Winners and losers in the latest round of federal transit grants
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 7:05amLast week, federal Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced $293 million in new federal grants for major transit improvements, including new streetcars, buses, and transit facilities. The Federal Transit Administration awarded the grants under two programs, funding six new streetcar and b... read more »
#CNU18 Finding the right political language
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 5:23pmIs "livability" a reckless extravagance under current economic conditions? Too purely aesthetic? Not practical enough? And what about "sustainability"? It's become the accepted language of many in the political class, as well as enlightened designers and builders. But it's not everybody's language.
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Fighting back in the war of words against high-speed rail
Submitted by logannash on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 12:51pmStreetsblog's Ryan Avent has become the tireless defender of high-speed rail investment over the past few weeks.
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Urbanism for all stripes: Evangelical-oriented magazine's take on CNU17
Submitted by logannash on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 11:59amCities are so profoundly shaped by political decisions, from local zoning codes to federal transportation allocations, that it's easy to lose sight of the fact that good urban form knows no political
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Conservatives and the New Urbanism
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 3:04pmThe Congress for the New Urbanism isn't a political organization in the same sense as that other Congress, the one whose headquarters are in Washington instead of Chicago.
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CNU XV Blog, Part 14: Politics at the Plenary
Submitted by MLewyn on Sat, 05/19/2007 - 7:41pmThe plenary session Saturday night was devoted to national politics, both British and American.
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