• How Florida is transforming its streets

    The state DOT has a novel model to fix its automobile-oriented, dangerous thoroughfare network and design complete streets.
    Florida thoroughfares are among the most dangerous in the US for walking and biking, but the state has adopted an innovative design system to address these challenges over time. The state’s dangerous thoroughfares come from many decades of automobile-oriented design that mostly ignored context...Read more

  • New guide offers communities a path to zoning reform

    CNU teams with the State of Vermont to promote incremental steps to housing access and affordability in communities of all sizes.
    The Congress of the New Urbanism (CNU) worked with the Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to complete Enabling Better Places: A Zoning Guide for Vermont Neighborhoods . This how-to manual, part of CNU’s Project for Code Reform , promotes practical, small steps for...Read more

  • Planning for long-term growth around community anchors

    Memphis 3.0 establishes neighborhood centers where mixed-use development may occur incrementally, at different speeds, according to the context.
    The Memphis 3.0 Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 2019 for 324 square miles and 650,000 residents, using mixed-use place types and walkable neighborhood centers to accommodate growth in a range of economic activities. Prior to the plan, Memphis drifted along for four decades approving growth on a...Read more

  • Suburban retrofit opportunities rising due to COVID

    A new report makes the case that walkable suburbs are the are the next big development trend.
    A large cohort of home buyers is heading to the suburbs, and the group is looking for opportunities to live close to where they work, according to Suburban Boom: How COVID-19 May Accelerate the Trend Already in the Making , by analysts Cushman & Wakefield. Not all suburbs are created equal—...Read more