• How DOTs can help Main Street

    The nation’s more than 7,600 Main Streets are hurting. Nobody knows exactly how much. At some point in 2021, when the vaccine has become available to everybody and the numbers of Covid cases plummet, we will collectively look around American downtowns and see how many businesses are closed for good...Read more

  • The most beautiful parking lot in the world

    Parking is a necessity in cities, whether it involves residents storing cars for days, shoppers and restaurant patrons occupying spaces for hours, or Uber drivers stopping at the curb for minutes. The same holds true whether the car, or other vehicle, has a conventional or electric motor. But the...Read more

  • A timeless alternative for housing the elderly

    COVID-19 has exposed problems with the US long-term care model of nursing homes. About 40 percent of total COVID deaths in the US have occurred in nursing homes. Residents have been subject to severe isolation in 2020—visiting such facilities has been difficult and sometimes impossible during the...Read more

  • Agricultural Urbanism takes shape

    The British Columbia town of Southlands combines New Urbanism with a connection to farming.
    The concept of Agricultural Urbanism was articulated for 530 acres in Tsawassen, British Columbia, in 2008. The plan was formed in a charrette just as the Great Recession hit the brakes on the worldwide economy. Designed around preserving most of the land for food production, this large new town...Read more