A transformative transportation technology, eVTOLs, is coming soon, which is the reason behind The Village Project.
Cities should be designed around what is most permanent, especially streets, where the stakes of getting them right are highest.
The threat is not modern architecture. It is losing fine-grained urban structure while preserving enough historic vocabulary to make the loss look compatible.
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.
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
Seaside’s surroundings are about to change. The WaterColor
Seaside’s surroundings are about to change. The WaterColor development has broken ground adjacent to the famous TND. The project will include a...
Urban Acupuncture: A concise, entertaining jumble of ideas
Review of Urban Acupuncture, a book by Jaime Lerner. Island Press, hardcover 160 pp., 2014, $19.99
Thinking inside the box
What would cities be like if Americans started occupying remnants of the global shipping system?
Call for new urban research
Since 2008, CNU has showcased innovative academic papers at the annual Congress. Submissions are now being accepted for academic papers representing...
Great Ideas
