• Seven case studies for complete streets

    Here are streets that are more than just conduits for cars—they are places that support social and economic life, walking, bicycling, and transit.
    The following video covers examples from around the US of busy, automobile-oriented thoroughfares that were transformed into complete streets using design that responds to urban context. CNU wrote the case studies for a new book by the Institute for Transportation Engineers called Implementing...Read more

  • Do you know the way, San Jose?

    A sprawling land that’s crossed by freeways—put a few thousand down and rent a room. Be a part of the next technology boom.
    In the late 1960s, when Burt Bacharach wrote the most famous song about San Jose, the small city was a sleepy source of nostalgia for someone living in fast-paced LA. Now San Jose is the nation’s tenth largest city and home, in its northern part, to more Fortune 500 companies than any other place...Read more

  • Weaving a ‘weft’ for Anchorage

    A horizontal weave brings disparate threads together and creates a fabric—a metaphor for resilience.
    Anchorage, Alaska, describes itself “at the center of the periphery,” an apt expression for a city that is so distant from most of the US it is closer to Beijing than Washington DC. Yet with 300,000 residents, the city is the center of economic activity in Alaska and America’s gateway to the arctic...Read more

  • Missing middle close up: Bungalow courts

    A bungalow court consists of a series of small, detached structures, providing multiple units arranged to define a shared court—an important community-enhancing space.
    We’ve closely documented lots of examples of the Missing Middle housing and explored the world of carriage houses . This time, we’re looking at a charming, clustered type of Missing Middle Housing: the bungalow court. Like a lot of other Missing Middle Housing types, bungalow courts are present in...Read more