Web Resources
Congress for the New Urbanism:
www.cnu.org
Center for Active Design:
This site advocates for a model of development that allows America's cities, towns and neighborhoods to grow financially strong and resilient.
www.centerforactivedesign.org
Strong Towns: www.strongtowns.org/
The Community Guide:
This website provides information on which health-related policies and regulations are effective: www.thecommunityguide.org/pa/environmental-policy/communitypolicies.html
Public Square, A CNU Journal: www.cnu.org/publicsquare
The Town Paper: www.tndtownpaper.com
Charter of the
New Urbanism (64K pdf)
This is a fun website where you can calculate how walkable your neighborhood is: http://www.walkscore.com/
LEED for Neighborhood Development by the US Green Building Council: www.usgbc.org/resources/leed-neighborhood-development-v2009-current-version
National Charrette Institute: www.charretteinstitute.org/
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This is an interesting talk by Tony Seba on 'Rethinking the Future, Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation', 2018. He projects that electric driverless cars will transform transportation, parking and urban design by 2030. Tony Seba is a world-renowned author, thought leader, speaker, educator and entrepreneur. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duWFnukFJhQ&t=1030s
Project websites:
Central Petaluma SmartCode: http://cityofpetaluma.net/cdd/
cpsp.html
Rohnert Park Downtown Form-Based Code:
https://www.rpcity.org/city_hall/
departments/development_services/
downtown/form_based_code
Recommended Reading
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our Reading List
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