CNU20: The New World
April 20, 2012
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Doing Well By Doing Good - Since 1982
Through bust and boom, New Urbanist projects outperformed their neighbors and through the recession they have held their value better. Building the New Urbanism means having a flexible, diversified portfolio that can weather the storms of the market without missing the peaks. At CNU 20, you will expand your ability to survive and thrive in the marketplace by appealing to different generations of buyers and catching up with the major trends in real estate.
Designing Place Collaboratively - Since 1993
The coming decades of planning will require responses to a myriad of concerns including economic, environment, fiscal, and social challenges. These challenges will require a long-term, coordinated response with solutions that cross disciplinary boundaries. For over 20 years, New Urbanists have been fighting alongside fellow planners and architects for holistic, interdisciplinary solutions to our most pressing problems.
The annual…
Pedestrian And Walkability Research
April 19, 2012
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Four documents related to pedestrians and walkability have been added to the Resource Center best practices database.
CNU 20: Rediscover, Rethink & Redefine
April 5, 2012
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The annual Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) is the leading venue for New Urbanist education, collaboration, and networking. CNU members come from around the world to discuss development practices and public policies, learn from recent innovative work, and advance new initiatives to transform our communities.
Some Facts To Counter The Myths About Higher Density
February 22, 2012
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A 2005 report "Some Facts To Counter The Myths About Higher Density," authored by the Urban Land Institute along with the National Multi Housing Council, Sierra Club and the American Institute of Architects, has been added to the Resource Center best practices database.
Model Design Manual for Living Streets
October 11, 2011
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Los Angeles County's new Model Design Manual for Living Streets has been added to the best practices database in the Research Center.
Norm Garrick - A Good Transportation System Minimizes Unnecessary Transportation
August 2, 2011
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Norm Garrick discusses the importance of Walk Score, the Lessons of Lewis Mumford and how a good transportation system actually minimizes unnecessary transportation.
Norman Garrick - Street Networks Affect Safety
June 17, 2011
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Norman Garrick, CNU Board Member and professor at the University of Connecticut, has been looking at street networks for a number of years now. When living in Davis California, he noticed it was a bit safer even though there were many more pedestrians and cyclists. After more research, it became apparent that denser more connected street networks were safer. In this discussion we had at CNU 19, he discusses how street networks affect safety.
John Norquist: Cities Without Congestion Are Dead
June 10, 2011
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One of my favorite if not all out depressing CNU plenary speeches was from Robert Caro in Austin. It was a moving discussion about the impact that Robert Moses had one New York City. In Madison, we asked CNU President John Norquist about Robert Caro and the discussion turned to congestion. He states that if the USDOT wants to see a model of successful congestion mitigation, all they need to do is look up at Detroit. Check it out.
Urban Bikeway Design Guide
May 5, 2011
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The National Association of City Transportation Officials has a new website devoted to design guidelines for bicycle-friendly streets.
Assessing the multimodal nature of city streets
June 10, 2010
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The final portion of the Multimodal Level of Service Analysis study by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program was released this week and added to the Best Practices along with the first two parts.
The objective of the first two phases of the project was to develop and test a framework for determining levels of service for automobile, transit, bicycle and pedestrian modes on urban streets, in particular with respect to the interaction among the modes. The objective of the final phase of the project was to field test the method with public agencies.
The Multimodal Level of Service Analysis for Urban Streets with its accompanying users guide explores a method for assessing how well an urban street serves the needs of all of its users was published in 2008.
The MMLOS method was field tested in Gainesville,…
The objective of the first two phases of the project was to develop and test a framework for determining levels of service for automobile, transit, bicycle and pedestrian modes on urban streets, in particular with respect to the interaction among the modes. The objective of the final phase of the project was to field test the method with public agencies.
The Multimodal Level of Service Analysis for Urban Streets with its accompanying users guide explores a method for assessing how well an urban street serves the needs of all of its users was published in 2008.
The MMLOS method was field tested in Gainesville,…
