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.
Three decades ago, a man with a pen proposed a park in downtown Providence, showing that artists can be powerful planners.
The Orange Code, the largest sprawl repair code ever, applies form-based regulations to unincorporated areas of the Orlando region and streamlines entitlement processes.
It has been more than a week since we posted a notice of Leon Krier's passing. CNU was closed last week following the Congress, but we wanted to get a response out quickly to our members and audience, as he was such an important part of the New...
Hope Legacy Project offers a revitalization plan, focusing on pedestrian infrastructure for a Rhode Island village.
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
From Wichita to Winooski, projects win smart growth awards
The redevelopment of “Old Town” in Wichita, Kansas, and the revival of downtown Winooski, Vermont, were among five projects across the nation that...
Congress reveals growing interest in New Urbanism
CNU 2000 in Portland, Oregon, draws a record crowd of 1,400.
Developers, public officials, representatives from nonprofit community development...
Detroit: Darkest before the dawn?
Amid all of the anguish over the bankruptcy of Detroit, Richard Florida offers one of the few hopeful analyses: "Detroit's downtown urban core is...
Arthur C. Nelson, formerly director of the Metropolitan
Arthur C. Nelson, formerly director of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, took a new position in July as “presidential professor” at the...
Great Ideas
Suburbia was a housing program
We used to understand that housing construction was in the public interest
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