A Necessary Response: The Climate Action Handbook for Urbanists is an impassioned and technically useful guide to taking action at the community level.
The Painted Babies show how well-designed micro-homes can make a statement at the right price.
Most of these cities are built on a grid, an important point, according to the CNU founder and internationally known planner.
Medium-height, medium-scale buildings, slightly larger than typical Missing Middle housing, are the backbone of great neighborhoods. We need to emphasize this scale more.
The towns along 30A in Walton County, Florida, have inspired many New Urbanist emulators, including Cinnamon Shore in Port Aransas, Texas. Cinnamon Shore is a series of walkable urban developments along State Highway 361 on Mustang Island and is not...
Amid a shift to a new website platform, CNU seeks to establish a comprehensive database of new urbanist developments to be used by academics, professionals, and students.
Features
Streets Five scenarios that make street transformation possible
Why street design has not kept pace with automotive safety improvements, and what you can do about it.
Transit, TOD Ten steps toward autonomous urbanism
Here's a playbook for municipal leaders and citizens on the road to smart city technology.
Better Cities & Towns Archive
Save the date for CNU XII, the Twelfth
Save the date for CNU XII, the Twelfth Congress for the New Urbanism, to be held at the historic Palmer House Hilton Hotel in Chicago, June 24-27,...
Sunshine State organizes CNU regional chapter
For CNU members, the annual Congress is a powerful experience. They get exposed to a range of successful new urbanist projects. They learn from...
CNU and federal leaders seek to advance sustainable communities
HUD's Donovan and others support moving "holistic" comunity development into the mainstream.
Los Angeles looks at ways to avoid displacement near transit
The “largest transit expansion in the US” is under way. Concerned about displacement of the poor, the city has identified four transit-oriented...
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