Tim Halbur

Tim Halbur is communications director for the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU).

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Tim Halbur is communications director for the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), the leading organization promoting walkable, mixed-use neighborhood development, sustainable communities and healthier living conditions. He was managing editor of Planetizen from 2008 to 2011.

Malcolm Wells, R.I.P.

Malcolm Wells was a pioneer of sustainable design, with an emphasis on green roofs and underground buildings. He died recently at the age of 83.

Convention Centers Can Be "Deadly, Single-Purpose Monoliths"

Robert Campbell argues that Boston's planned expansion of the convention center should be mixed-use and urban in nature.

The High Line of Cleveland?

The designers of New York's popular High Line park have a radical new proposal for Cleveland's Public Square that turns the one square into four new ones.

Is China Spending Too Much on Trains?

Financial analysts in China say that the country is spending far too much money - to the tune of $229 billion - on its nationwide high-speed passenger-rail network.

CalTrans Sued Over Disability Access, Settles for $1.1b in Fixes

Civil rights activists sued CalTrans for failing to provide wheelchair ramps across the state. In federal court yesterday, CalTrans settled with the groups, agreeing to over a billion dollars in access improvements over 30 years.