Investments in urban centers combined with parking policy reform support trip reduction and alternative mobility.
The infrastructure that supports downtowns and walkable neighborhoods features connected streets, growth focused in specific place types, and design based on the rural-to-urban Transect.
Pearl in San Antonio, a Charter Award winner, is becoming the heart of a 15-minute city.
Montclair is a city in the “Inland Empire” of California, built entirely since the second half of the 20th Century, so largely sprawling in its built form. It is also more than two-thirds Latino. The City was connected to commuter rail with the...
The impact of urbanism on day-to-day life may be the strongest argument for change.
Let the ride begin: An image shows how West Palm Beach is a different place three decades after a master plan and code.
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.
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Organization news
CNU is pleased to welcome two new staff members to its Chicago office. Lee Crandell joined CNU in November 2005 after working part time in 2003 to...
Get to know your fire chief
Cooperation and education are the keys to building human-scale streets and ensuring public safety.
Over the last decade, many designers, engineers...
‘Bikestations’ proliferate as motorists switch to two wheels
Lockers and other facilities for bicyclists are making it more convenient for bicyclists to pedal to and from transit stations.
High-end TOD under way in Connecticut
An elegant $75 million mixed-use development designed principally by New Haven architect Robert Orr has been tucked into a difficult 4.74-acre site...
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