Lauren Mayer

Lauren Mayer is the Associate Director of Resources at the Congress for the New Urbanism where she helps to produce and maintain the New Urbanist knowledge base.

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Eight completed highway removals tell the story of a movement

Today’s local freeway fighting campaigns are not without precedent. Explore eight projects that serve as inspiration for the highways-to-boulevards movement in cities today.
LAUREN MAYERMAY. 31, 2022
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The role of community advocacy

CNU’s biennial Freeways Without Futures report is out now! In a series of articles, Public Square is exploring common threads from the report. Article three focuses on how community campaigns can influence public policy related to in-city highways.
LAUREN MAYERAPR. 14, 2023
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CNU releases Freeways Without Futures 2025

The report highlights bad freeway planning decisions and how damaged cities can be healed.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLE, LAUREN MAYERMAY. 30, 2025