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Streets are for Everyone: Involving Children in Tacoma’s Complete Streets Program
Submitted by Alex McKeag on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 10:41pmThis is a guest blog post from two planning interns with The City of Tacoma, WA. They brought the concept of Complete Streets to local elementary students, and asked them to envision the kind of streets they want in their community.
THE PROJECT
What started as a project for two planning interns with... read more »
Complete Streets: Tools to Move from Idea to Practice
Submitted by Alex McKeag on Thu, 11/15/2012 - 4:54pmOn Tuesday, November 13th, the American Planning Association held a discussion "Complete Streets: Tools to Move from Idea to Practice." Two speakers from Chicago's community of transportation experts, Stefanie Seskin, deputy director of the National Complete Streets Coalition, and M. Paul Lippe... read more »
A Word on the Model Design Manual for Living Streets from Ryan Snyder
Submitted by mikejersha on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 3:24pmThe following is a guest post from Ryan Snyder, the principal behind Ryan Snyder Associates and main organizer behind last year's meeting to create the plan for Los Angeles County's Model Design Manual for Living Streets. Since its release, the manual has been downloaded in the U.S., ... read more »
Where's My Crosswalk?
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 2:54pmThis video asks Hollywood, CA, "Where's My Crosswalk?" (Thanks to StreetsblogLA for the video.)
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Andrew Howard's Better Block Parties
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 8:19amIt is sometimes objected to new urbanism that it’s somehow inauthentic - that streets where the houses have front porches and communities built around a town center may have more to do with stage design than the way real people live today.
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Complete Streets or Complete Networks?
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 7:19amThe “complete streets” idea - the concept that streets need to be designed for all users, including pedestrians and cyclists as well as SUVS and fire trucks - has caught on well in recent years. Maybe it’s caught on too well, in fact.
That was one of the messages in the NU 202 session on “Im... read more »
Big Easy, Complete Streets
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 12:14pmThe minds behind CNU are always in demand. Just last week, our Planning Director Heather Smith was called by the Louisiana chapter of the AARP to participate in a series of events being conducted in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
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Live from the Left Coast: An Interview with Heather Smith and Norman Garrick
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 03/16/2011 - 9:03amA bevy of CNU-aligned minds gathered together in Los Angeles this week to develop a "master blueprint" for the streets of Los Angeles County. The meeting was led by CNU member Ryan Snyder, who gathered together 50 or so experts from around the country to help complete a Model Streets Manual.
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Biking, Walking and Networking towards a Healthier Los Angeles
Submitted by Heather Smith on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 1:09amCNU member Ryan Snyder convened the first day of Renew Los Angeles County today. There was a lot of energy in the room this morning as Ryan called to order about 50 seasoned street design experts from around the country to help the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health achieve bette... read more »
Open Call for Complete Streets: Submissions Wanted.
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 11:20pmWho loves complete streets? You love complete streets.
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