Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Congress for the New Urbanism

Parking Reform Has Big Implications for Sustainable Transit — and for Ride-Hailing, Too

By Stephen Miller | Jun 15, 2017 | No Comments

Cities have traditionally eliminated parking requirements to encourage walking, bicycling, and transit. But it can also aid the rise of on-demand car services, two top parking policy experts say.

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10 Urban Freeways That Need to Come Down

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 30, 2017 | No Comments

There are excellent candidates for freeway removal in many American cities, where roads built 50 or 60 years ago are nearing the end of their useful lives. Cities that take the plunge and get rid of their urban highways don't regret it.

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Freeways Without Futures: I-345 in Dallas

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 5, 2015 | No Comments

In this Streetfilm, Patrick Kennedy, founder of A New Dallas, talks about the movement to replace Interstate 345 in downtown Dallas with connected streets and walkable development. Shot at the “Freeways Without Futures” session at the Congress for New Urbanism’s recent conference in Dallas, the piece provides views of I-345 from heights most people never get to see. Kennedy was joined […]

Rumor Mill: Safety Overhaul in the Works for the “Boulevard of Death”

By Stephen Miller | Oct 6, 2014 | 2 Comments

Word on the street is that Queens Boulevard could be the first major arterial redesign initiated by Polly Trottenberg’s DOT. At a Friday panel on transportation equity organized by the Congress for the New Urbanism, architect John Massengale said he is working with Transportation Alternatives on conceptual designs that will spark conversation before DOT hosts […]

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Sprawl Madness: Two Houses Share Backyard, Separated by 7 Miles of Roads

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 28, 2013 | No Comments

Just how absurd have American development patterns become over the past few decades? Behold: Two houses with adjoining backyards in suburban Orlando. If you want to travel the streets from point A on Anna Catherine Drive to point B on Summer Rain Drive, which are only 50 feet apart, you’ll have to go a minimum of […]

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In Philly, Housing in Walkable Places Held Up Better Than Suburban Housing

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 9, 2012 | No Comments

It’s been a bad few years for homeowners around the country, and those in greater Philadelphia are no different. But people who owned houses in Philadelphia’s center city or suburban areas near a walkable town center fared better than others. According to a new report from the Congress for the New Urbanism, the homes in greater […]

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