• Making the most of a small mixed-use site

    A development plan in Edmond, Oklahoma, has 10-foot-wide townhouses and a mix of small commercial and residential buildings to create intimate urban spaces on the edge of downtown.
    Planned for an infill site in Edmond, Oklahoma, a development offers an urban mix of residential, work, and entertainment on less than a half acre. In addition to a four-story commercial building anchoring the corner, the plan includes a range of smaller building types, including three live-work...Read more

  • Stockyards reimagined

    Adaptive reuse of horse and mule barns in Fort Worth makes for a unique mixed-use development.
    The horse and mule barns at the Fort Worth Stockyards could house 3,000 equines at one point, but the automotive age made the facility obsolete. The five-acre site was vacant and dilapidated when the city approved a form-based code and design guidelines in 2017 to promote redevelopment of the...Read more

  • Complete streets: What went wrong?

    Law professor Michael Lewyn has written a comprehensive and readable analysis of the complete streets movement, why it has failed to transform America’s streets, and what can be done.
    The term “complete streets” was invented by staff members of national bicycle and smart growth advocacy organizations in 2003, and it was brilliantly effective in terms of moving legislation. Complete street policies have been the most adopted category of laws impacting transportation and the built...Read more

  • Focusing on transportation affordability

    A new report highlights how planners can help households reduce cost of living through policies that boost low-cost modes of mobility.
    Housing affordability has become a national political issue, but maybe we are looking at affordability in the wrong way. We tend to look at housing costs in isolation. Rarely are household transportation costs given the same treatment, yet they are the second highest cost that households face—...Read more