In other housing news, Oregon’s new model code, a village of tiny homes for the formerly homeless in Austin, and urban cohousing near Chicago.
A 360-acre traditional neighborhood development sets new pattern for growth in Columbus, Georgia.
A postcard sketch competition asked Urban Guild members to draw some ideas in a few minutes during an evening gathering at the Guild Summit in Chattanooga in late October. The members include architects, urban designers, and other urbanists.
I have been working on a Climate Action Handbook for CNU, which we plan to have published and printed by CNU 34 in Northwest Arkansas, but in doing so, I took a break from Public Square for a month and a half. There's a backlog of stories, some of...
Four decades of public-nonprofit-private partnership in New Urbanism has produced a city in balance, moving forward.
California Forever in the Central Valley offers an opportunity to test walkable community-building on a scale we haven’t seen in a century.
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
Exciting changes improve CNU.org as member tool
Six years after debuting a website that was advanced for its time, CNU has rebuilt and relaunched CNU.org to help members learn about New Urbanism,...
Oshara Village in Santa Fe County, New Mexico,
Oshara Village in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, was approved in June, and what a difference a dozen years makes in terms of permitting, according...
Midtown’s Greenprint plan begins
As part of the Greenprint Midtown streetscaping project in Midtown Atlanta, TSW was asked by the Midtown Alliance to improve the aesthetics and...
UDA: A Reflection on 50 Years
The year 2014 marked the 50th anniversary for Urban Design Associates (UDA). As we look forward to the next chapter, it is fun to open the archives...
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