Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Congress for the New Urbanism

New Urban Love and Loathing in Buffalo: Jeff Speck Responds

By Jeff Speck | Jun 16, 2014 | No Comments

As a charter member of the Congress for New Urbanism, I’ve now attended twenty of the organization’s annual conferences. This month’s event may have been my favorite yet, mostly thanks to its location in downtown Buffalo, a place that reminds us so poignantly of both the successes and failures of city planning, as first lovingly […]

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John Norquist: “Time to Talk About a Freeway-Free San Francisco”

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 20, 2013 | 108 Comments

San Francisco is considered one of the leading American cities in the growing movement to tear down freeways. Fortunately, San Franciscans got a head start by averting the freeway-riddled fate of most other American cities in the 20th century by successfully protesting the construction of most of the proposed structures, which would have torn apart […]

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Federal Regulations at Odds with Demand for Urban Housing

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 26, 2011 | No Comments

The real estate market is undergoing the most rapid period of change in a generation — and the shift is decidedly urban. A succession of recent studies have found there is an under-supply of urban-style housing — attached and small-lot, single-family homes — on the scale of about 13 million units. On the other hand, […]

At CNU, Former Rep of Texas Legislature says “No Road Pays for Itself”

By Matthew Roth | Nov 6, 2009 | 3 Comments

Over the past two days at the Congress for the New Urbanism Project for Transportation Reform conference, attendees have called for transportation reform at local, regional, and national levels. In a panel debate about the future of transportation funding and the role of regional planning through MPOs, several speakers argued that the foundation of transportation […]

CNU Transportation Project Raises Bar on Planning for Livable Cities

By Matthew Roth | Nov 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

Photo: npGreenway The Congress for the New Urbanism’s Project for Transportation Reform summit in Portland, Oregon, has brought together transportation engineers, city planners, and transportation reform advocates to share best practice policies for reforming transportation metrics, funding mechanisms, and regional practices that isolate transportation planning from land-use and growth targets. The highlight of the first […]

Tweeting Live from the Congress for the New Urbanism in Denver

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 11, 2009 | No Comments

OK. I’ve finally succumbed to Twitter and I’m using it to keep track of interesting quotes, observations and tidbits at the 17th annual Congress for the New Urbanism conference in Denver. There’s a lot of great stuff happening here and plenty of interesting people. I’m not sure how much of that I can convey in […]

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