• Guiding principles of the 15-minute city

    On Public Square, a recent article that lays out a design theory for the “15-minute city” is gaining a lot of viewers. Let's look at another influential take on this idea, that of Carlos Moreno, a French-Columbian scientist and university professor at the Sorbonne, and one of the chief proponents...Read more

  • A train runs INSIDE your house?

    The video below, produced by Rob Sanders (Road Guy Rob), a journalist with a degree in civil engineering, provides an overview of transit-oriented development (TOD) that is sophisticated and yet engaging to a mass audience. The video covers projects in California and Utah, and focuses on Del Mar...Read more

  • New urban design in the post-pandemic era

    Cities and towns are facing a new reality, according to one of the founders of CNU. This calls for new designs that violate some of the long-held design doctrines of New Urbanism—but have the same social intention.
    The pandemic jeopardizes many of the core concepts of New Urbanism, according to architect and urbanist Andres Duany. People are now suspicious of density, transit, face-to-face retail, social “third places,” open communities, and in-person community engagement, says Duany, who spoke in CNU’s...Read more

  • Seven case studies for complete streets

    Here are streets that are more than just conduits for cars—they are places that support social and economic life, walking, bicycling, and transit.
    The following video covers examples from around the US of busy, automobile-oriented thoroughfares that were transformed into complete streets using design that responds to urban context. CNU wrote the case studies for a new book by the Institute for Transportation Engineers called Implementing...Read more