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New Urbanism Short Course:
Transportation and the New Urbanism

Port St. Lucie, Florida April 20, 2006
Sponsored by the City of Port St. Lucie, Core Communities, and the TCRPC
 
Approximately 130 people attended the full day workshop. The morning audience heard the foundations of New Urbanism. The afternoon speaker gave specifics on how to use transportation, including pedestrians, to create a viable and safe community. Two extensive question and answer sessions offered an opportunity for learning how public streets function in New Urbanist community.  
   
Workshop Presentations
 
Part One: What is the New Urbanism and Why Do It?  
Florida’s New Urbanism: What it is and How it is Flourishing – Rick Hall, CNU Florida Vice Chairman, and President, Hall Planning & Engineering, Inc.
 
Public Benefits of the New Urbanism – David Coffey, Attorney at Law, Haile Village Center
 
Place Making Benefits of the New Urbanism: Developing Town Centers, Main Streets, and Urban Villages – Dr. Charles C. Bohl, Director of the Knight Program in Community Building, University of Miami School of Architecture, and author of Place Making: Developing Town Centers, Main Streets, and Urban Villages, published by the Urban Land Institute
 

The New Urbanism: It Works – David Pace, Managing Director, Baldwin Park Development Company

 
Keynote Speaker – Evolution of Transportation Planning, Walter Kulash, Principal and Senior Traffic Engineer, Glatting Jackson Anglin Lopez Rinehart, Inc.  
Designing and Coding New Urbanist Places – James Moore, National Director for
Community Planning and Urban Design, HDR
 
Designing Livable Streets – Rick Hall
 
Implementing the New Urbanism in Port St. Lucie – George deGuardiola, deGuardiola Properties  
Making the New Urbanism Work: Policy and Practice – Diane Colonna, Executive Director, Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Authority
 
Closing Comments-Next Steps – Marcela Camblor, Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council  
 
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