The impact of urbanism on day-to-day life may be the strongest argument for change.
Let the ride begin: An image shows how West Palm Beach is a different place three decades after a master plan and code.
Esmeralda Land Company has options on a former lumber mill in Cloverdale, with plans for an educational and cultural community.
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.
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
Name change from “Sunrise,” to "Daybreak"
The name has changed — from “Sunrise,” to “Daybreak” — but the plan for Kennecott Land’s new urban community on 4,300 acres of former mining land in...
A run-down alley is transformed with micro-shops
The conversion of an alley to utilitarian shopfronts is "dragging civilization westward a block" in downtown Ithaca, the developer says.
Recapping the Denver congress
CNU’s annual Congress proved to be just what urbanists in the hard-hit fields of planning and community design and development needed.
Transit struggle: Holding onto affordable housing
As rail and rapid bus service expands, rising prices along transit routes pose a threat to inexpensive housing.
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