Chicago council unanimously approves an ordinance that would promote ped-friendly uses near transit stops.
A missing middle coding expert explains why planners should understand and use this term.
If Missing Middle Housing is to be built at a scale that will go far toward solving our housing problems, we need regional thinking and this toolkit fits the bill.
Let's put production housing to work solving the housing crisis.
The Railyard in Lexington, Kentucky, is a case study in how a novice developer can take a significant project from concept to construction.
Author's note: My first visit to the Pantheon was fifty years ago. In the decades since, I have returned many times, and with each visit this extraordinary work of architecture and urbanism continues to reveal something new. I have drawn and studied...
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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
CNU may announce new director at DC gathering
Possible move of headquarters and proposed “democratization” of the organization stir debate.
The new executive director of the Congress for New...
Four keys to successful town centers
Yaromir Steiner explains four important rules for regional urban centers:
Live-Work Planning and Design: Zero-Commute Housing
Thomas Dolan's book is an enormously knowledgeable guide to fitting work and living back together.
Obama on sprawl
“I’d like for us to invest in mass transit because potentially that’s energy-efficient. I think people are a lot more open now to thinking regionally...
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