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Please visit: http://www.cnu.org/emergencyresponse to learn more about the Emergency Response and Street Design Initiative.
In recent years, new urbanists and firefighters have discovered both common interests and shared challenges in neighborhood street design.
The Emergency Response & Street Design Initiative, a collaboration between the Congress for the New Urbanism, fire marshals from across the United States, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Smart Growth program, is working to reconcile narrower streets and good emergency access. Street connectivity — specifically well-connected networks of traditional street grids — is essential to good urbanism, shortens emergency response times, and improves overall community life safety.
