• Minneapolis zoning reform put on ice

    At a time when the need for zoning reform is gaining intellectual currency and credibility , one of the most important city land-use regulatory changes of recent years has suffered a legal setback. The Minneapolis 2040 plan, which effectively got rid of exclusive single-family zoning in the city...Read more

  • CNU attends launch of program to reconnect communities divided by transportation projects

    Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg went to Birmingham, Alabama, Thursday to launch the DOT’s $1 billion Reconnecting Communities program. The start of the city’s Birmingham Xpress, a 10-mile bus rapid transit line that connects 25 neighborhoods, exemplifies the goals of the program—to...Read more

  • City wants to transform 14 miles of ‘stroad’

    Plan El Paso—a groundbreaking new urban comprehensive plan—has been in place for a decade , and still the Texas city is rolling out implementation plans. The latest is Onward Alameda , the vision to transform a 14-mile-long section of “stroad,” adopted by City Council last week. “The Alameda...Read more

  • Seven stroads that have been converted to streets

    There are thousands of stroad sections in the US. Transforming a good number of them is important to to the goal of improving quality of life and mobility in cities and towns.
    A “stroad”—a term coined by Charles Marohn of Strong Towns —is a thoroughfare that combines the complexity of a street with the design speed of a road. Stroads include the most dangerous thoroughfares in America, and they don’t serve the functions of a street or a road very well. There are...Read more