• How parking rules impact urban design

    Are your parking rules the actual urban design guidelines for your community? Drawing up a couple of site plans using your current rules may reveal some ugly reality. Thanks to the good folks at Kronberg Wall Architects and Urbanists for this great graphic. Please be sure to credit them and keep...Read more

  • Can Nashville truly be an Athens?

    Let’s Move Nashville is a transformative transit initiative that is now in front of the electorate—alternative futures for the city are at stake.
    A far-reaching transit initiative, Let’s Move Nashville, is up for public referendum in the Athens of the South. Voting begins today and ends May 1 in a tightly contested ballot measure that is important for the future of Nashville, Tennessee, and has implications for car-oriented cities nationwide...Read more

  • Missing middle: Why form and scale matter

    The "missing middle" opens lines of communication about diverse housing choices that are compatible in form and scale with detached, single-family homes in walkable neighborhoods.
    Lately, we’ve noticed people using the term “ Missing Middle Housing ” solely in an economic sense, to refer to the lack of attainable housing for middle income households. And while Missing Middle Housing is an excellent solution for middle income households , form, scale and context are also...Read more

  • Parks and other enhancements proposed for city neighborhoods

    Eastside Savannah, a less affluent area adjacent to Savannah's historic core, was the subject of a CNU Legacy Project.
    A team of nationally recognized experts proposed catalytic interventions in the Eastside neighborhoods of Savannah, Georgia—a 2.5-square-mile area southeast of the city’s historic district. Unlike downtown Savannah with its 22 famous squares, Eastside has little green space. The motor vehicles on...Read more