transit

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another environmental cost of sprawl

Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 6:37pm.
Randall O’Toole has another piece out on Cato Institute letterhead (http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9325 ) in which he argues that rail transit is less efficient than bus service. ... read more »

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Transit, Density Sustain Communities in Difficult Housing Market

Submitted by Joe Menard on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 6:15pm.
As we experience a poor housing market in America, it's important to consider the geography of areas both losing and gaining property value. The ... read more »

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Public Transit: A green line

Submitted by Jon Davis on Mon, 01/07/2008 - 10:37pm.
Quite a contrast between the Garden State and the Prairie State: ... read more »

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Public Transit: A green line

Submitted by Jon Davis on Mon, 01/07/2008 - 10:35pm.
Quite a contrast between the Garden State and the Prairie State: ... read more »

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Austin Chronicle Discusses Planning with Duany, Dittmar

Submitted by Joe Menard on Fri, 11/30/2007 - 6:50pm.
CNU Board members Andres Duany and Hank Dittmar are featured in Katherine Gregor's "Developing Stories" article from the No ... read more »

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Southern California Missing the Point on Global Warming

Submitted by Joe Menard on Wed, 08/01/2007 - 3:38pm.
Rick Cole, 2007 Charter Award juror and city manager of Ventura, CA, writes a poigniant criticism in the Los Angeles Times of Southern California's planning techniques and environmental strategies. The state remains overwelmingly suburban and auto-centric, and while some developers try to densify L... read more »

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Why you can't trust liberals on urbanism either

Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 07/20/2007 - 1:54pm.
At CNU XV, Barney Frank argued that smart growth supporters should support liberal Democrats, because Republican support for tax cuts and military spending leaves no room for smart-growth oriented pro ... read more »

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Chicago can't compete without good trains

Submitted by crandell on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 3:19pm.
CNU President and CEO John Norquist addresses the importance of Chicago's transit and the need to solve the funding crisis in today's Chicago Sun-Times: http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/460307,CST-EDT-REF09.article ... read more »

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Going green? Debate shifting from what you drive to how much

Submitted by paytonc on Tue, 06/26/2007 - 9:53pm.
The connections between transportation, energy, global warming, and neighborhoods continue to make inroads into national political discourse, even while the legislative debate on global warming continues to focus on cap-and-trade systems for industry and fuel efficiency standards for automobiles ... read more »

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Staley article in Washington Post

Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 01/31/2007 - 6:23am.
Sam Staley coauthored an article in the Washington Post. I think he is one of the more thoughtful smart growth critics- partially because he agrees with me sometimes, and partially because his tone is a bit more measured than some others I might name. Moreover, he seems to be playing with more or ... read more »

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