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Duany speech at Thurs. morning CNU plenary: Why Code?
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 12:47pmFor me, the highlight of CNU 20 so far was Andres Duany's speech at this morning's plenary session. Most of his speech was about the SmartCode, responding to libertarian objections. He said, in so many words: if we don't code, and if we don't consider aesthetics when we do, someone else will (usua... read more »
My new book
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 9:19amMy book, "A Libertarian Smart Growth Agenda" is available at amazon.com . If you don't want to pay for the book, you can read the article that it was based on here.
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"Suburbs" don't have to equal "Sprawl"
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 10:28amGreat post at http://capntransit.blogspot.com/2012/04/why-we-need-walkable-transit-oriented.html .
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zoning budgets- one way to keep NIMBYism under control
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 04/27/2012 - 9:50amRoderick Hills and David Schleicher, two law professors, have proposed one way to limit NIMBY-inspired downzonings: a "zoning budget." Specifically, they propose that cities require every downzoning to be matched by an upzoning somewhere else, so that the city's "budget" was always balanced.&n... read more »
Housing costs and centralization
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 10:43amIn my limited experience, commentators who oppose regional land use regulations like urban growth boundaries (or at least worry about the impact of such regulations on housing costs) tend to favor keeping cities constrained within their 1950 boundaries, while people who favor such regulations t... read more »
Gibbs to Present Keynote at Auckland Conversations
Submitted by rgibbs48 on Wed, 03/14/2012 - 11:43amRobert Gibbs will give the keynote presentation for Auckland Conversations, in Auckland, New Zealand, on March 21. Auckland Conversations is a speaker event that presents select international urban thinkers who are leaders in their areas of expertise.
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New Urban New Orleans
Submitted by Gaither Pratt on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 2:17amNew Orleans – New Urban Projects
Compiled by Gate Pratt (limehs@earthlink.net)
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Planning Director - Minneapolis
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Wed, 12/07/2011 - 2:29pmMayor R.T. Rybak
City Hall, Room 331
350 South Fifth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415
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Grade-Separated Highway Makes Way for Complete Street in West Sacramento
Submitted by mcarney on Wed, 12/07/2011 - 11:33am
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Rainwater-In-Context Initiative Members Published in Stormwater Magazine
Submitted by mcarney on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 4:05pmCNU members and contributors to the Rainwater-In-Context Initiative, Jim Dumont and Kim Stephens have just been published in the most recent issue of Stormwater Magazine. Their article, “Rainwater Management in a Watershed Context” is a thoughtful review of the divergent goals of rainwater manag... read more »