CNU-sponsored plan shows how Southside Savannah could grow by retroffiting an abandoned mall and other sites across from a university campus.
A plan from CNU 32, involving a Hub District at a confluence of greenways in Xenia, a small city northeast of Cincinnati, is having an impact.
The room filled with the murmur of nervous conversations and new friendships forming. Seventeen students, strangers only minutes before, gathered for our first Summer Studio. To begin, we asked each student to stand along a line across the room...
Jury chair for the 2026 Charter Awards Eric Kronberg is looking for new urban projects that address issues like attainability, mobility flexibility, climate change, and human flourishing in general.
How might they empower each other to build walkable, decarbonized cities?
A series of small neighborhoods will be built with Missing Middle housing in a suburban part of Athens.
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
As the New Urbanism gains in popularity, new
As the New Urbanism gains in popularity, new urbanist “catchwords” are being used by more conventional developers to market their projects. One such...
Construction began in January in Cherry
Construction began in January in Cherry Hill Village, a TND in Canton Township, Michigan. Unlike the majority of new urbanist greenfield projects,...
Montebello Village is a 36-acre TND designed at
Montebello Village is a 36-acre TND designed at a recent charrette and scheduled to break ground this fall in Greenville, South Carolina. The design...
In a down time, Diane Dorney reduces publishing; reflects
Kentlands-based entrepreneur says the time has come for smaller houses and less elaborate developments.
Nearly everyone connected with real estate...
Great Ideas
Washington flips the switch on parking reform
State legislation takes a new approach to removing parking mandates—one that is far more comprehensive.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLE JUL. 25, 2025
