• Your guide to a unifying urban theory

    Urbanists have been using the Transect to compete with the protocols of sprawl for years, and no book has been written on it—until now.
    Transect Urbanism: Readings in Human Ecology, describes itself as “The definitive reference on the Rural-to-Urban Transect.” Edited by Andres Duany and Brian Falk, the book fills a gap in the planning literature. The Rural-to-Urban Transect—which I will refer to as Transect with a capital T—is one...Read more

  • A futuristic report on equitable mobility and investment

    The City of Buffalo, Stantec, and CNU have created a roadmap for how mobility can power an equitable future in 21st century cities.
    The City of Buffalo, along with CNU and Stantec’s Urban Places, is releasing The Future of Mobility : Remaking Buffalo for the 21 st Century . The report examines changing transportation technologies in a mid-sized US city that is attracting talent and investment— with the potential to lead to more...Read more

  • Fitting Florence into an Atlanta interchange

    The image above, by architect Steve Mouzon, shows the entirety of renaissance Florence, Italy, fitting on a site comparable in size to a highway interchange in Atlanta. Renaissance Florence produced Michelangelo and da Vinci. The interchange produced a spaghetti junction. Six of one, half dozen of...Read more

  • Small cities and towns: On the verge of a renaissance?

    Market and demographic trends could lead to revival of smaller American communities, according to a report.
    Economic and demographic trends may help small cities and towns to make a comeback this decade, according to a recent article that quotes Ann Daigle, a new urbanist planner and urban designer. Although some prominent economists and thinkers such as Paul Krugman are pessimistic of the prospects of...Read more