• Form-based codes boost tax revenue and construction, don’t catalyze gentrification

    New report aligns with other recent research that form-based codes have not translated to gentrification.
    Form-based codes generate economic benefits without significantly altering the racial makeup of communities—and while keeping rent increases down—according to a new report and study called Economic Benefits & Shared Prosperity with Form-Based Codes , by The Form-Based Codes Institute and Smart...Read more

  • Ten economic benefits of walkable places

    This is second in a series of articles on the advantages of building human-scale cities and towns.
    Human-scale cities and towns: What’s their worth? Generating taxes, saving the Earth Social, health, safety, economy, too Walkable places do so much for you There are many benefits of building walkable places, backed up by research and common sense, to the point where explaining and distilling...Read more

  • Top 10 ‘15-minute city’ list headed by Miami

    Miami has the greatest potential for meeting 15-minute city goals, followed by San Francisco and Pittsburgh, according the first ranking of 15-minute city characteristics among large US cities.
    Of all big American cities, Miami has the greatest potential for meeting the geographic goals of the 15-minute city, according to a recent analysis by MoveBuddha.com . That Miami rose to the top over San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC, and other more obvious choices as 15-minute cities is...Read more

  • Fifty reasons to love urbanism

    Hop on the bus, Gus. Make an urban plan, Sam. Read the report, sport, on 50 reasons to love urban places.
    With apologies to Paul Simon, there must be 50 reasons to build a more walkable city. I have always believed that, although not in those exact words. Arup, a British multinational engineering and consulting firm, has published a report that neatly describes an impressive two score and ten benefits...Read more