The Razorback Greenway is already influencing growth in Northwest Arkansas, but this may be only the beginning. Other regions are taking similar steps.
An academic survey of a Florida traditional neighborhood development shows higher social engagement and better health outcomes.
Carmel, Indiana, has been called the “roundabout city.” It has also built a major downtown from scratch in the last quarter-century. These two facts are related.
A quarter century after the iconic Los Angeles development was launched, a community survey shows high levels of resident satisfaction.
Land use has a profound and largely unacknowledged role in the death and injury of pedestrians and bicyclists, according to researchers. There are two answers—but one is far superior.
Project 3500 pre-designs and pre-permits thousands of affordable housing units on city-owned land.
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
Bad design: Is shaming the answer?
In Britain, architecture and design criticism is passionate. After seeing London's hulking Tower Thistle Hotel beside the beautiful Tower Bridge...
CNU XII will build on traditions, break new ground
When it convenes in Chicago from June 24 to 27, the Twelfth Congress for the New Urbanism will convey both a respect for tradition and openness to...
Suburban growth accelerates in the 1990s
The development of farmland, forest, and other open space accelerated rapidly in the 1990s, according to recent government figures. The rate of “...
LEED-ND lauded by Renewable Natural Resources Foundation
LEED for Neighborhood Development was recently awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award by the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation.
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