It's ironic that many associate @NewUrbanism with overregulation. We spend much of our energy trying to lighten rules.
#CNU24 #leanurbanism
You can't regulate a shipping container like it's a building. It's too expensive.
-@andres_duany #CNU24 #leanurbanism
I thought real estate was supposed to *make* money. Why does it need all these subsidies?
-@andres_duany #CNU24 #leanurbanism
Start by addressing 80% of a giant problem, leaving time and budget for improvement & course correction.
-@andres_duany #CNU24 #leanurbanism
#JaneJacobs set the foundation for the charrette.
-@andres_duany #CNU24 #leanurbanism
"Subsidiarity" is a fancy word for empowering people/communities to make their own decisions rather than micromanaging them. #LeanUrbanism
What would it mean if the city was built by the many with a little, not just the few w a lot? -Dr Antwi Akom #CNU23 #LeanUrbanism
The @NatlMainStreet Eight Principles are amazingly consistent with the ethos of #LeanUrbanism / #TacticalUrbanism. http://bit.ly/1vBjbxu
Opposite of #leanurbanism #commonsense #PersonalResponsibility #CNU22 #litigious http://t.co/ikN7In51Er
Downtown developer says many historic rehabs don't pencil because of over zealous asbestos rules #leanurbanism #CNU22
Patterns instead of standards -@Infrastructor #CNU22 #leanurbanism
Lean infrastructure de-emphasizes economies of scale for economy of decreased risk. -@Infrastructor #CNU22 #leanurbanism @digitalkrouse
#LeanUrbanism can get such better results per $ than what we've been doing, so quickly, it probably sounds like snake oil to some people.
No amount of money is ever true wealth or abundance unless it's used I a thoughtful, disciplined way. #leanurbanism
Just like young people know how to hack computers, older planners know how to hack the regulations. -@andres_duany #leanurbanism
We want the Congress for the @NewUrbanism to be a meeting of leaders, not a 10,000-person kindergarten. -@andres_duany #leanurbanism
#leanurbanism isn't meant to be that ambitious. It's just meant to be tweaks. - @andres_duany
It takes so long to get through the bureaucracy that you can't make a living on small projects. -@andres_duany #leanurbanism
We have an initiative to go back to the Original Greeen -@andres_duany #leanurbanism
We need to go back to an earlier America which could get things down at an amazing rate. - @andres_duany #leanurbanism