In addition to land use that perversely incentivizes the destruction of rural lands with 5-acre lots, the financial system further incentivizes rural subdivisions gobbling up farmland at a frightening rate.
Toward sustainable urbanization, bringing tactical urbanism in-house, and walkable towns fight the big boxes
Blue Water workforce housing on Tavernier Key, Florida, created a system that of density that fits into the surrounding one- and two-story fabric.
Walkable mixed-use neighborhoods help families build wealth—enough to help fund big-ticket items like college and retirement.
Making zoning fair again, a teen's view of gentrification, and New Urbanist communities springing up
Outdated software and modeling overestimates the value of urban freeway expansions—and underestimates the effectiveness of alternatives like boulevards.
Features
Community Parklets transform Southside Chicago street
How urbanism can can bring hope and change to a working-class African American neighborhood.
Finance Yes, you CAN finance mixed-use development
After many decades of financial bias in favor of single-use buildings, the pendulum has begun to move back toward mixed-use and its superior convenience.
Better Cities & Towns Archive
The real second generation
With the full support of local officials, a number of significant new urbanist projects are on the fast track.
Most new urbanist projects are held...
A potentially ground breaking traffic calming project
A potentially ground breaking traffic calming project has hit a road block with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The project would...
Knowledge workers in today’s “new economy” are
Knowledge workers in today’s “new economy” are seeking high quality places to live with urban amenities like sidewalk cafes and bicycle trails,...
Get back to work!
Transit system planners should focus more on connecting major employment centers, according to a report released May 11 by the Center for Transit-...
Great Ideas
New urban design for an African village
The principles of neighborhood structure and buildings that relate positively to public space resonate with traditional Zulu culture and village geography.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLE JUL. 5, 2017
