Investments in urban centers combined with parking policy reform support trip reduction and alternative mobility.
The infrastructure that supports downtowns and walkable neighborhoods features connected streets, growth focused in specific place types, and design based on the rural-to-urban Transect.
Pearl in San Antonio, a Charter Award winner, is becoming the heart of a 15-minute city.
Montclair is a city in the “Inland Empire” of California, built entirely since the second half of the 20th Century, so largely sprawling in its built form. It is also more than two-thirds Latino. The City was connected to commuter rail with the...
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.
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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
A rougher version of the French Quarter, Mobile plans resurgence
The Alabama city is poised for a new round of growth with construction of an Airbus factory, guided by a plan and code.
Smart Growth and New Urbanism: a single movement?
Randal O’Toole and others in the Preserving the American Dream conference
treated “smart growth” and “New Urbanism” as if both terms have the same...
How too much parking hurt cities
A study by University of Connecticut researchers compares three cities that have supressed parking with three that have provided plenty — with...
Penrose Square, Columbia Pike
The Arlington County Board in northern Virginia has approved two new projects that are expected to help revitalize the Columbia Pike by following the...
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