CNU provided insights during the drafting and review phase of the U.S. Department of Transportation Report to Congress: Decarbonizing U.S. Transportation, which expands on the recommendations in the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization: increase convenience, improve efficiency, and transition to clean options. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/egyNvrrH
The Congress for the New Urbanism
Architecture and Planning
Washington, DC 28,993 followers
Building places people love.
About us
This is the official page for the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), which helps create vibrant and walkable cities, towns, and neighborhoods where people have diverse choices for how they live, work, shop, and get around. People want to live in well-designed places that are unique and authentic. CNU's mission is to help build those places.
- Website
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http://www.cnu.org
External link for The Congress for the New Urbanism
- Industry
- Architecture and Planning
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1993
- Specialties
- Design, Urban Design, Architecture, Civic Design, Community Engagement, Community Planning, Planning, Landscape Architecture, Bicycling, Walking, Multimodal Infrastructure, Greening, Green and Blue Infrastructure, Placemaking, Development, and Building
Locations
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Primary
1720 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20036, US
Employees at The Congress for the New Urbanism
Updates
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We hope you're following along as we delve into the 27 Charter principles of the Charter of the #NewUrbanism! One scale found in the Charter is The Block, The Street, and The Building. 23/27
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The Block, The Street, and The Building is one of three scales found in the Charter of the #NewUrbanism. 22/27 https://lnkd.in/gia8_5e
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This principle of the Charter of the #NewUrbanism is found in The Block, The Street, and The Building scale. The Borough won a Charter Award for a strikingly beautiful group of houses that brings an abandoned, resilient construction technique back to life. 21/27 https://lnkd.in/eyFvRPVs
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#DYK: The Charter of the #NewUrbanism was ratified in 1996 and has since been translated into over a dozen languages. This principle is at the scale of The Block, The Street, and The Building. 20/27 https://lnkd.in/gia8_5e
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We're celebrating the Charter of the #NewUrbanism. The final principle scale is The Block, The Street, and The Building. 19/27 https://lnkd.in/gia8_5e
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Officials should consider the connections that were in place before the highway when planning to remove a mile-long Detroit Interstate in lieu of a surface street. #HighwaystoBoulevards #FreewaysWithoutFutures
Looking to transform I-375 synergistically
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Contemporary zoning envisions cities in a finished state—we need codes that constantly adapt to the changing urban landscape, which is the idea behind “metrocoalescence.”
An adaptable zoning proposal for walkable cities
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Charter principles at The Neighborhood, The District, and The Corridor scale can help shape the built environment of the communities we love. #NewUrbanism 18/27 https://lnkd.in/gia8_5e