A map reveals the growing New Urbanist influence throughout New England.
The Providence Community Health District envisions up to 2,000 new living spaces in a mixed-use neighborhood surrounding major health institutions.
CNU Mid-Atlantic’s Baltimore Single-Stair Design Competition shows the value of single-stair types in mid-rise buildings on infill sites, but more work needs to be done.
Downcity Providence Master Plan in Providence, Rhode Island, created a blueprint for downtown vitality. DPZ CoDesign and Cornish Associates won a 2025 CNU Charter and Generational Project Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category.
Revitalization of Westminster Street in Providence, RI, balances development and preservation to build economic and social life downtown. Union Studio Architecture & Community Design won a 2025 CNU Charter Award in the Block, Street and Building...
Vermont Homes for All Toolkit provides statewide support for Missing Middle housing. Utile, Inc. won a 2025 CNU Charter Award in The Region: Metropolis, City and Town category.
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
NU supporter becomes Gaithersburg planner
A 20-year resident of the Kentlands community in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has become the new planning director of Gaithersburg, a town with about 60,...
Reclaiming the median for development
Granary Row, a seasonal pop-up festival that has operated for two years, uses old shipping containers to create retail stores and a open-air stage,...
The City Council in Redwood City, California,
The City Council in Redwood City, California, has approved a plan for revitalizing its downtown. The design by Field Paoli Architects of San...
St. Joe Company broke ground in September
St. Joe Company broke ground in September on Southwood, a 3,200- acre traditional neighborhood development (TND) project near Tallahassee, Florida.
Great Ideas
Suburbia was a housing program
We used to understand that housing construction was in the public interest
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