• The Square’s top 10 for 2019

    Good urbanism allows us to look forward and back simultaneously, and the top Public Square articles do that. The most-read pieces cover many aspects of life: architecture, religion, transportation, philosophy, housing, nature, shopping, and even golf (!).
    I use a baseball analogy to describe the response to Public Square articles. One that gets a good number of readers is a base hit. Double that, and it's a home run. Double that, and it's a “grand slam”—like all of the top 10 articles for 2019. These articles cover such a broad range of topics that...Read more

  • Top 10 articles for 2018

    Street design topics, innovative housing types and policies, and large-scale urban planning patterns made for most-read articles on Public Square this year. Bad architecture and the impact of automated vehicles also were fodder for popular pieces. Here are the top 10 articles on Public Square for...Read more

  • Daily Headlines for Friday, December 30, 2016

    Public Square | The electoral divide, the most beautiful public spaces, the most reliable sober ride, the world cities wishlist, and urban trees.
    Can a new town square bridge the electoral divide? The Hill — December 29, 2016 America has become a politically divided and fractured country. That’s especially clear now, after the Presidential election, but the divisions were apparent long before. 15 of the most beautiful public spaces in the...Read more

  • #EveryPlaceCounts Continues in Nashville, TN

    The program helps communities repair the urban fabric in neighborhoods bifurcated by interstate highways.
    Today, the USDOT #EveryPlaceCounts Design Challenge begins its second workshop in Nashville, TN. Created as part of the Secretary's Ladders of Opportunity program, the #EveryPlaceCounts challenge helps envision new locally-drivensolutions for reconnecting neighborhoods split by highways and...Read more