• Complete Streets policy designed for implementation

    With CNU’s technical help, Evansville adopted a Complete Streets ordinance that includes tight deadlines and metrics so staff can make a difference.
    The City of Evansville, Indiana, recently adopted an exceptional Complete Streets policy with the help of a CNU code audit and the support of AARP and other organizations. Complete Streets policies have been adopted by more than 1,600 jurisdictions nationwide since 2000. Such laws have tended to be...Read more

  • Plan would transform SoHo streetscapes

    The SoHo Broadway plan would greatly increase space for pedestrians and cyclists in the iconic Manhattan neighborhood, and be implemented over the next two decades.
    A Manhattan business improvement district (BID), the SoHo Broadway Initiative, seeks to revamp the streets in one of the densest, most distinct neighborhoods in America. The SoHo Broadway Public Realm Framework + Vision Plan , designed by Street Plans Collaborative with support from Karp Strategies...Read more

  • Rightsizing the automobile for local mobility

    Neighborhood electric vehicles offer a better local transportation option in light of climate threats, but the design of streets would need to change.
    Half of the work of urban design is deciding where to store cars. It’s a common lament of urban design professionals. In my community, controversy is brewing because Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and housing advocates want to build housing on a BART station ’ s surface parking lots. As usual NIMBYs...Read more

  • Transforming a suburban commercial strip corridor

    There is nothing so ubiquitous in the American landscape as suburban commercial strip corridors, typically built in the 20 th Century with a variety of single-use buildings, large surface parking lots, buffers, and thoroughfares focused on driving. These corridors have a lot of underutilized land...Read more