• A radical mixing of cars and people works as planned

    The recently opened nine-block development in Southwest DC is the largest expanse of "shared space" in the US.
    When the Wharf, a new development in Southwest DC, opened recently, it instantly became the largest expanse of "shared space" streets in the country . Over the past few weeks, it seems like these streets are largely working as they were designed . In a shared space, also known by the Dutch name...Read more

  • Seven case studies for complete streets

    Here are streets that are more than just conduits for cars—they are places that support social and economic life, walking, bicycling, and transit.
    The following video covers examples from around the US of busy, automobile-oriented thoroughfares that were transformed into complete streets using design that responds to urban context. CNU wrote the case studies for a new book by the Institute for Transportation Engineers called Implementing...Read more

  • Do you know the way, San Jose?

    A sprawling land that’s crossed by freeways—put a few thousand down and rent a room. Be a part of the next technology boom.
    In the late 1960s, when Burt Bacharach wrote the most famous song about San Jose, the small city was a sleepy source of nostalgia for someone living in fast-paced LA. Now San Jose is the nation’s tenth largest city and home, in its northern part, to more Fortune 500 companies than any other place...Read more

  • Weaving a ‘weft’ for Anchorage

    A horizontal weave brings disparate threads together and creates a fabric—a metaphor for resilience.
    Anchorage, Alaska, describes itself “at the center of the periphery,” an apt expression for a city that is so distant from most of the US it is closer to Beijing than Washington DC. Yet with 300,000 residents, the city is the center of economic activity in Alaska and America’s gateway to the arctic...Read more