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Obama administration shows promise with location-efficient mortgage reform
Submitted by rgallentine on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 12:36pmDC Streets Blog had an important follow-up from last week's CNU Statement on Fannie Mae and Fre
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Brookings: Fastest growing poverty rates occur in suburbs
Submitted by rgallentine on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 12:01pmIn places where sprawl without smart regional planning continues its inexorable march outward (and with it its expensive, car-dependent attitude), it is unsurprising that these areas might also see ma
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CNU Fact Check: What War on Suburbia?
Submitted by rgallentine on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 5:47pm
UPDATE: The original story stated falsely that Senator-Elect Scott Brown gained 11 points over the McCain vote statewide. The actual number is 16.... read more »
CNU members cause Twitter Sensation
Submitted by Heather Smith on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 1:07pmCongratulations to CNU members — and CNU too — who helped make New Urbanism one of the leading source of urban tweets in 2009.
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‘Urbany’ named a crucial trend for 2010
Submitted by rgallentine on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 4:52pmTrendwatching.com, a consumer trends firm, has named “Urbany” one of their top trends to watch in the upcoming year.
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NY Times: Do walkable neighborhoods increase real estate value?
Submitted by rgallentine on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 2:42pmWhether it's streets arranged to form small walkable blocks or mixed-use development designed to make sidewalks a vibrant and welcoming setting for daily interaction, good urbanism is at the heart of
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Congress Still Can't Find Main Street: Op-Ed in Charlotte Observer
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Sat, 01/02/2010 - 1:54pmShouldn't the new "Jobs for Main Streets" stimulus bill actually fund walkable, bikable transit-friendly main streets, rather than just auto-only highways?
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More evidence emerges: Sprawl lengthens emergency response times
Submitted by Jon Davis on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 4:25pmSuburban sprawl is hurting Emergency Medical Service response times, according to a new study released by University of Virginia researchers and published in the November 2009 edition of the ... read more »
'If you don’t have safe streets, all the light rail lines in the world aren’t going to save your city'
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 10:46amEnvironmentalists and urbanists need to broaden our definition of what our movements entail.
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