The towns along 30A in Walton County, Florida, have inspired many New Urbanist emulators, including Cinnamon Shore in Port Aransas, Texas. Cinnamon Shore is a series of walkable urban developments along State Highway 361 on Mustang Island and is not...
Amid a shift to a new website platform, CNU seeks to establish a comprehensive database of new urbanist developments to be used by academics, professionals, and students.
A new BRT line brings transit to an underdeveloped central district with ample frontage for development.
Architect Steve Mouzon is one of the most prolific photographers of urban places, particularly New Urbanism. It’s not easy to take a photo that makes you feel like you are inside, or want to be inside, a great place. This is a photo of the Entry...
A nationwide Realtors survey reveals that a majority of Americans prefer a walkable neighborhood, and they are willing to pay for it. That tracks with higher values in highly walkable neighborhoods.
The Reynolds Cottages are a good example of missing middle housing, reusing a vacant block in Brunswick, Georgia.
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
Environments I. The retrofit of suburbia; B. The shopping mall
Real estate development’s most tediously repeated truism is that the three most important factors in property value are location, location, and...
Federal Realty Investment Trust succeeds with NU projects
Federal Realty Investment Trust appears to be succeeding with its new urbanist projects in the Washington, DC, area. Bethesda Row, which includes 340...
The 2002-03 Knight Fellows are: Lolly Barnes,
The 2002-03 Knight Fellows are: Lolly Barnes, Chester “Rick” Chellman, Carol Coletta, Alicia Diaz, Ken Driggers, Robert Freeman, Jai Jennifer, Howard...
Kenneth Schwartz, who collaborated on a master plan
Kenneth Schwartz, who collaborated on a master plan for Crozet, Virginia, that won a 2005 CNU Charter Award, will become dean of Tulane University...
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