• Legacy projects kick off in Louisville

    CNU neighborhood design workshops this week are led by Urban Design Associates, Street Plans Collaborative, Placemakers, and Gresham Smith.
    Four CNU Legacy Projects will launch this week In Louisville, Kentucky, as community design workshops will engage residents to improve public spaces, streets, mixed-use centers, and natural and cultural assets. Three of the workshops will focus on specific neighborhoods—Russell and Portland in the...Read more

  • Parking reform gains momentum nationwide

    More cities are adopting a simple code change that goes a long way to improve the urban environment.
    A critical mass of public opinion is coalescing toward reducing or eliminating minimum off-street parking requirements. When you see the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Institute of Transportation Engineers agreeing on a policy—and cities big and small successfully adopting that policy—...Read more

  • A checklist of local government reform

    Here's an outline of what municipalities can do to promote walkable urban development.
    As an incremental developer, principal in an urban design and architecture firm, and an urbanist, I constantly deal with institutional barriers to walkable urban places. Here is my list of pragmatic reforms that would greatly improve land-use planning and development in municipalities across the US...Read more

  • Walking to school, three generations

    Urban designer Victor Dover asked an audience of adults at a public event three questions about walking to school that reflect how our built environment has changed over the course of three generations in the US. Above are the results. Children used to regularly walk to school, which gave them...Read more