New Urban Network

A Loopy Idea?

It's needed, it's not that expensive, and it's doable. But there's one little problem in New Haven's new streetcar plan.

October 1, 2010 - New Urban Network

Broadway's "Self-Reinforcing Cycle"

In the last 2 years, New York's Broadway has given up 3.5 miles of traffic lanes and parking to bike lanes and pedestrian access, and gained a significant improvement in congestion and accident rates.

September 24, 2010 - New Urban Network

Does This City Make Me Look Suburban?

Travel + Leisure magazine confuses suburbs with small cities in a recent article called "Coolest Suburbs Worth a Visit." The New Urban Network shows how they got it wrong.

September 22, 2010 - New Urban Network

LeylandAlliance and Educational Realty Trust Sign Deal

Overall, this $220 million project will be "one of the most ambitious public/private initiatives" in Connecticut.

September 22, 2010 - New Urban Network

Forward Thinking and Backward Practices

Transportation authorities are working with tools that no longer fit the challenges of modern travel or environmental necessity, says David Kooris, vice president of the Regional Plan Association.

September 22, 2010 - New Urban Network

PARK(ing) Day: Laid Back and Literal

Without a word of protest, San Francisco's Rebar Group leads the 5th annual worldwide event which highlights the need for public green space.

September 21, 2010 - New Urban Network

Bikers Behaving Badly: Is Street Design to Blame?

Cyclists who disobey traffic laws are the No. 1 police complaint among residents of Manhattan's Upper East Side. Could the built environment be the real culprit?

September 20, 2010 - New Urban Network

New Carrollton: Come and Get It

With three transit stations nearby and ready-made commuters, this DC/Maryland suburb is ripe for development.

September 20, 2010 - New Urban Network

Planning for a High Turnover

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) begins a two-year tryout of new parking technologies.

September 20, 2010 - New Urban Network

Enticing Millennials to a New Suburbia

At a seminar on "Re-working Suburbia" in San Leandro, California, urban designers and planners strategized for ways to upgrade Bay Area suburbs to attract millennials.

September 17, 2010 - New Urban Network

Note to New Orleans: Get Involved.

The proposed design for a New Orleans medical complex is being directed from state offices, and is out of place from local planning principles, according to findings.

September 16, 2010 - New Urban Network

Shedding Light on the Creeping Costs of Sprawl

Studies comparing tax revenues from a per-acre perspective show significant gains for municipalities with dense, mixed-use development.

September 15, 2010 - New Urban Network

Can Design Guidelines Fit On Two Pages?

Brookhaven, New York received a 43-page Design Guideline document from their consultants. The city asked to have it all boiled down to one sheet, front and back.

September 10, 2010 - New Urban Network

You Can't Have Good TOD Without the T

Philip Langdon argues that if the U.S. is going to shift toward compact, less resource-consuming patterns of development, Americans will have to rely increasingly on mass transit - so it better work.

September 3, 2010 - New Urban Network

New York Passes Smart Growth Bill

Governor David Paterson signed The Smart Growth Public Policy Infrastructure Policy Act on Monday, which directs the state to invest in infrastructure in dense communities rather than sprawling ones.

September 1, 2010 - New Urban Network

HUD Announces Pilot Grants

Applicants have until November 22 to submit applications for a new round of HOPE VI funds.

August 26, 2010 - New Urban Network

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