Buff Chace, a downtown developer in Providence, Rhode Island, was the first recipient of the Sisyphus Implementation Medal.
Two studies show the enormous potential for housing fronting underutilized commercial strip arterials.
The body of literature is growing, but alleyways remain underresearched and underutilized assets for American reurbanization. Regardless, these latent spaces already complete many of our favorite cities.
This structural brick masonry ADU demonstrates the feasibility of this technique, and it is gorgeous.
The Razorback Greenway is already influencing growth in Northwest Arkansas, but this may be only the beginning. Other regions are taking similar steps.
An academic survey of a Florida traditional neighborhood development shows higher social engagement and better health outcomes.
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
More than 72 percent of citizens in Windsor,
More than 72 percent of citizens in Windsor, California, voted to enact an urban growth boundary (UGB) in January. Windsor’s UGB secures a boundary...
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...
CNU Accreditation
Don’t miss the next testing period. Registration opens Dec. 1, 2009 and closes Jan. 14, 2010. Exam Access begins Mar. 22, 2010 and concludes: Apr. 26...
“I believe in New Urbanism,” Sanford says
“I believe in New Urbanism,” South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said after listening to Andres Duany present a proposal for creating the “Bull Street...
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