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Initial Phase of Fort Worth, TX Modern Streetcar Chosen, Funding Identified
Submitted by Fort Worthology on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 2:46pmThe Fort Worth, Texas Modern Streetcar Project consultant HDR, Inc. has now selected a Phase One alignment, and identified funding. The starter alignment would link Trinity Uptown, Downtown, and the Near Southside, and would tie into two commuter rail stations.
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Grid is good: Keeping the faith with the classic street patterns
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 4:09pmGrids are the urbanists' power tools, Lee Sobel told Friday afternoon's session on "The Great American Grid." They help build great places quickly.
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Putting a lid on the Downtown Connector at the Urban Labs luncheon
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 4:41amTalk about power lunching. At yesterday's Urban Labs lunch, at St. Luke's Church, a few minutes' walk from the Hilton, those of us at Table 1-A finished off our box lunches and then within about an hour sketched out a possible solution to a vexing problem of downtown Atlanta - the Downtown Connector... read more »
#CNU18: Some hot stats on health and the built environment
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 05/20/2010 - 9:24amA cyclist can travel 3.5 miles on the energy of a 350-calorie slice of pizza. A car can go 100 feet.
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Stimulus grant puts NYC’s Moynihan Station on the right track
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 11:03amLast week, federal transportation secretary Ray LaHood announced $1.5 billion worth of grants to assist 51 pending transportation projects in 41 states and the District of Columbia. None will be
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Vancouver's Olympic Village - smart, green & urban
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 10:11amVancouver’s civic leaders believe that the athlete’s village built for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, and the planned neighborhood that will surround it, will be one of the very greenest neighborh
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CNU Fact Check: What War on Suburbia?
Submitted by rgallentine on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 4:47pm
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 »
Norquist Op-Ed: Fund real main streets — not highways — with the "Jobs for Main Streets" bill
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 12/28/2009 - 12:40pmThe rollout of Congress' latest stimulus bill has been all about "Jobs for Main Street." That's a great message, argues CNU President John Norquist in a timely ... read more »
Major real estate report: shift to urban living is “fundamental,” outer suburbs may “lack staying power”
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 12:27pmLast week the Urban Land Institute and PriceWaterhouseCoopers released their well-regarded annual analysis, Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2010.
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An Indy neighborhood could become a model of smart, green revitalization – so where are the enviros?
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 1:39pmLast week I had the honor of being one of seven smart growth types recruited by the American Institute of Architects to work with the city of Indianapolis and community residents on the model revitali
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