A Session on Parking Packs 'Em In
What does this say about the importance of parking as an issue for New Urbanists?read more
View ArticleThe Evolution of Tysons Corner
Community leaders of Tysons Corner, Virginia, once a poster-perfect example of an 'edge city', have increasingly been seeking strategies to create a more walkable pedestrian-friendly form of urbanism...
View ArticleStuck in the Past, Lenders Neglect TOD
Tour3a.jpgDespite the commonly presumed inconveniences, high risks, and financially detrimental results of pedestrian and transit friendly development, public transportation’s association with safety,...
View Article#CNU18 Spirit of change rolls In on two wheels as CNU 18 opens
Byrne2crop.jpgThe spirit of transformational change rolled in on two wheels Wednesday night at the opening plenary of CNU 18 at Atlanta's famed Tabernacle Theater.read more
View ArticleCool Planning: LEED-ND in Plain English
coolplanningimage.jpgIn giving some advice on LEED-ND on Pro-Urb, John Anderson once wrote "LEED-ND is a reasonable (but in my view excruciating) way to go." He suggested other paths to get to a...
View ArticleDowntown Montgomery's First Reverse Angle Parking
Downtown Montgomery continued its trend of implementing innovative New Urban projects with new reverse angle parking on a key thoroughfare in the Central Business District. So far, the reviews have...
View ArticleMinimum parking requirements upheld- or, when will they ever learn?
Last month, a New York appellate court upheld minimum parking requirements in Syracuase, on the ground that such rules are reasonably related to the city's goal of "enhanc[ing] traffic safety by...
View ArticleTumlin on parking
This afternoon, Jeffrey Tumlin spoke on how to reform parking to reduce the negative results of minimum parking requirements. (If you're not familiar with them, google "Donald Shoup"). Some of his...
View ArticleCNU CITY SPOTLIGHT: The Parking War in Cincinnati
This post is part of a new series on the CNU Salons, CITY SPOTLIGHT. City Spotlight shines a light on the latest news, developments and initiatives occurring in cities and towns where CNU members live...
View ArticleThe Irony of Minimum Parking Requirements
As many people (including me) have written, minimum parking requirements encourage sprawl by requiring "islands of building surounded by seas of parking." Generally, municipalities trying to end or...
View ArticleAnnouncement: new paper on smart growth and government regulation
I recently coauthored a paper on government regulations designed to promote smart growth and green building (published by the Mercatus Institute). The paper examines the prevalence of minimum density...
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