Three cottage court designs demonstrate the versatility of this housing type, even within the same neighborhood development and under the same design team. Now becoming legalized more widely, the cottage court offer a housing toolkit of exceptional...
A report from Massachusetts quantifies the significant potential of legalizing four- to six-story single-stair buildings.
A town near me is looking to build a mixed-use waterfront village—a street plan could be the key to achieving that goal.
Today, just for fun, I offer a slight twist on an age-old question.
The question above was posed on an urbanist listserve, and this was my answer: Because chickens can't drive.
Stroads are dangerous and unpleasant; no proverbial chicken would...
The historic urban crime reduction, if long term, will have significant ramifications for the housing market and urbanism.
The movement has been heavily influenced by art, as Volume 2 of The Art of the New Urbanism makes clear.
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
Social striving propels the drive-only suburban machine
Coalitions and strategic politics — and shifting cultural values — can deliver the structural change needed to allow American urbanism to flower...
Building neighborhoods for a broad market
Editor’s note: this is the first of a two part series on how to keep costs down when building a new urbanist project. The first article covers home...
William Lieberman has become program manager in the
William Lieberman has become program manager in the Transportation Program Division of Carter & Burgess, a national consulting firm in...
Germantown, near Memphis, hires firm for smart growth plan
The City of Germantown, near Memphis, Tennessee, hired the Lawrence Group of Davidson, North Carolina, to create a smart growth plan in during a...
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