• Car-pedestrian interactions and the parking ribbon: Campus design, part 10

    Giant surface parking destroys the geometrical coherence and pedestrian connectivity of a campus. The solution lies in limiting the width of the parking without reducing the number of parking spaces.
    Author’s note: This is the last in a series of ten essays that present innovative techniques for designing and repairing a corporate or university campus. These tools combine New Urbanist principles with Alexandrian design methods. The controlled interaction of cars with the pedestrian realm is...Read more

  • CNU in Louisville: How to engage

    Here's the clearest and most complete explanation of the nuts and bolts of CNU's annual Congress and how to engage at every level. CNU 27.Louisville begins June 12, 2019, but engagement starts in less than two weeks.
    CNU’s annual event—affectionately known as the Congress—is now entering its 27th year. During the past several decades, the event has morphed and evolved as the movement—and staff—has changed and grown. The purpose of this article is to daylight the Congress process and provide information on how...Read more

  • What's YIMBYism? Here's five characteristics

    The Yes in My Back Yard movement pulls from a broad spectrum of people concerned about many aspects of urban places, including affordable housing, mobility, and good urbanism.
    Editor’s note: YIMBY (yes in my backyard) is an phrase and movement that was coined in 2006 in Toronto and spread to many North American cities in recent years in response to high housing costs and what is often reflexive opposition to infill housing. This blog post was originally sent as an email...Read more

  • What’s next for New Urbanism movement? YOU.

    During the Congress in Savannah, I announced an intentional, ground-up effort to identify and articulate an overarching goal for the New Urbanist movement for the next 10-20 years to help us accelerate and fully realize the vision of the Charter . Today I want to invite all advocates and supporters...Read more