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Freeways Without Futures Open for Nominations
*/ Since 1956, the interstate highway system has been the backbone of North America— transforming economies, connecting places, and shaping our regions, communities, and countryside. However, in cities and towns, those same highways have inflicted a heavy toll: bisected neighborhoods, air pollution...Read more -
CNU 25 Session Proposals Open
Have you ever wanted to shape the annual Congress—to be a featured speaker, to lead a session, or to get your ideas onto the program?Read more -
Burying a 1950s Planning Disaster
Norman Garrick, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Connecticut and a Fellow and former Board Member of the Congress for the New Urbanism, writes in CityLab about the devastating effects in-city highways have had on American cities. The good news? There is a bright spot:...Read more -
Send us examples of inspiring street design
Whether it's a historic small town with a resurgent Main Street or a newly retrofitted suburban town center, great places need great street networks to function. Multi-modal street design can improve community health, safety, prosperity, culture, and character—but only if advocates have the right...Read more -
2016 Groves Award Winner
Andy Blake, City Manager for the City of Ranson, West Virginia, will receive the 2016 Groves Award, given annually by the Congress for the New Urbanism and the Transect Codes Council to recognize outstanding leadership and vision in the promotion of Transect-based planning. The jury selected Blake...Read more