• Village life and cities in India, two sides of the same coin

    Mahatma Gandhi was not wrong—India depends on its villages: But the community of the agrarian landscape may be reinforced in urban neighborhoods also.
    “The future of India lies in its villages.” On two recent occasions I have heard references to this sage assertion by Mahatma Gandhi. The first reference was made by an Indian developer blaming this statement for the narcolepsy that politicians have displayed toward the value of Indian cities. The...Read more

  • CNU 30 program stresses affordability and equity, mobility, climate, and more

    Connect with and learn from fellow New Urbanists at our first in-person Congress in two years!
    The 30th annual Congress for the New Urbanism in Oklahoma City is right around the corner—just five weeks away. The program has been designed to maximize the conversation, collaboration, and learning that we have all been craving after two years apart. We received nearly double the session...Read more

  • From strip commercial to neighborhood hub

    A strip plaza, never a part of the walkable fabric, is redeveloped to be a well-connected neighborhood commercial and social center.
    Bryant Street is a ‘Main Street’ mixed-use, neighborhood center redevelopment of a 13-acre, surface parked shopping center in the Edgewood neighborhood of Washington, DC. The historical circumstances of the site suggest that the sloping property, even though located well within the city bounds, was...Read more

  • Solving the congestion problem

    This cartoon by Jean Wei for Transportation for America perfectly depicts what happened to so many American downtowns and main streets in the latter half of the 20 th Century. Older cities and towns faced many problems at the time, not the least of which was streets rebuilt by DOTs to accommodate...Read more