Tactical parklets that reclaim space for pedestrians are installed on 14th Street, Manhattan, with a 15-year lifespan.
The Art of the New Urbanism is more than a beautiful book—it tells the story of an urban planning movement through the lens of its drawing skills.
An Ohio guidebook for facilitating infill development offers clear instructions for zoning reform and pre-approved plans, in addition to specific infill building plans.
A survey research project at the University of Notre Dame has painted a remarkably clear picture of the many benefits, but also highlighted the need for smoother implementation pathways.
We've learned how to design a good block. It's time for new urbanists to focus on the block party, says Fernando Pages Ruiz. The Villages have mastered that aspect of community building.
A flurry of Texas measures will streamline approvals and reduce costs for compact, mixed-use urbanism. Here’s how it is being done.

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Better Cities & Towns Archive

EPA praises smart growth achievements in 5 communities

Projects in St. Louis, MO, Normal, IL, Albuquerque, NM, El Paso, TX, and Howard, SD, were recognized in the agency's eighth annual awards.

New Urbanism and Beyond: Designing Cities for the Future

Edited by Tigran HaasRizzoli, 2008, 349 pp., $50 hardcover

Downtown springs back to life with new urbanist plan

Once the social and economic cen- ter of Montgomery County, the Washington suburb of Silver Spring has steadily declined since the early...

Major green innovators will advance community sustainability at CNU seminar

im Van der Ryn,  Paul Hawken,  Jerry Brown, Peter Calthorpe, and Stewart Brand to appear at September event

Great Ideas

Suburbia was a housing program

We used to understand that housing construction was in the public interest

ADDISON DEL MASTRO OCT. 12, 2022