If not for COVID, it would have been the 20th annual Porchfest in Ithaca. The event offers lessons for urbanism.
A series of small, diverse developments in Edmond, Oklahoma, is building on the idea of inner-block urbanism.
“Amenity” is not a neutral description. It is an accounting decision—and Pensacola shows what a wider ledger can build.
Northwest Arkansas needs more infill and better-designed greenfield growth to improve the lives of its citizens, as its population expands to a million residents by 2050. How to achieve that is the issue.
Building communities that connect neighborhoods and promote social interaction among diverse people boosts economic prospects and overall health, and can even make the difference in a life-or-death crisis.
Expanding the range of housing choices enables new housing that adapts to the needs of a changing demographic.
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
Population declining along metropolitan edges
Population growth at the far edge of American metropolitan areas has plummeted in the past few years.
Movement for Israeli Urbanism
Three hundred and fifty participants from all over Israel attended the first conference of Merhav, the Movement for Israeli Urbanism (MIU), held on...
Patrick L. Phillips to head ULI
Patrick L. Phillips, president and CEO of ERA AECOM (formerly Economics Research Associates), will become the new CEO of the Urban Land Institute...
Connecticut mill complex may become $300 million new urban community
New Urbanism has been slow to catch on in New England, partly because many suburban and rural municipalities don’t want much residential development...
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