• Quick Build: Tactical Urbanism on steroids

    For about a quarter of typical road diet costs, semi-permanent street transformations have been successfully demonstrated in two cities.
    The economic and public safety advantages of walkable streets are manifold, and have been demonstrated time and time again . Yet well-designed thoroughfare transformations are also costly, time-consuming, and require substantial political capital. CNU wrote case studies on street transformations...Read more

  • They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

    The asphalt-industrial complex—otherwise known as Big Asphalt—took control of our cities and towns. Here's how we can take it back.
    In America we have 2.5 million miles of paved roads, and an estimated 800 million parking spaces . Dwight Eisenhower famously warned America about the "military-industrial complex." I think he should have warned the country about the "asphalt-industrial complex," which has done more damage to where...Read more

  • Seven case studies for complete streets

    Here are streets that are more than just conduits for cars—they are places that support social and economic life, walking, bicycling, and transit.
    The following video covers examples from around the US of busy, automobile-oriented thoroughfares that were transformed into complete streets using design that responds to urban context. CNU wrote the case studies for a new book by the Institute for Transportation Engineers called Implementing...Read more