• Drive-throughs, walk-ups, and Covid

    It's been several years since I first heard transportation guru Walter Kulash say in a transportation reform lecture: “Trying to solve traffic congestion by adding more lanes is like trying to solve the obesity by loosening your belt.” This still rings true today, but with announcement from Taco...Read more

  • New Krier-designed town approved

    Leon Krier, the 74-year-old architect who influenced CNU founders and designed Poundbury, has another major project in Southern England.
    A new town in Southern England, planned by influential urban theorist Leon Krier, has been approved by local authorities. Fawley Waterside, to be built on a large brownfield site of a closed-down power station, will house up to 3,500 people and a million square feet of non-residential uses. Thirty-...Read more

  • Living in a new urban community in the social distancing era

    Traditional neighborhood development (TND) has offered an alternative model for suburban growth starting in the late 20 th Century and continuing today. Kentlands in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is one of the oldest of these developments. Like most TNDs, it has a strong sense of community—a quality that...Read more

  • First prize: Best pavement art in new streetscape

    This is Argyle Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, a downtown street known for its entertainment and dining. As part of a streetscape improvement project, the pavement was painted in an argyle pattern. Whoever had this idea should get a prize, and it lifts my spirits. This photo is from Increments of...Read more