Don’t accept a one-size-fits-all street design for your city or town, or a highway design for your Main Street. Street designs that fit the context lead to better neighborhoods and communities.
Three urban design projects this month aim to leave a lasting mark on Northwest Arkansas, the site of CNU 34 in May.
Why wouldn't you design every city plan and every suburb with a tightly connected pattern of streets and blocks?
“Housing Ohio: Tools for Development” includes something like a starter kit of pre-approved plans, with zoning reforms to make them work.
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
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...
Retail activity on the nation’s main streets
Retail activity on the nation’s main streets continues its upward trend, according to a survey by the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Main...
More on vinyl
To order a copy of “Designing Style” from the Vinyl Siding Institute, visit vinylsiding.org/design.
For the USGBC report on vinyl, aluminum, wood,...
Atlanta has adopted zoning changes that should
Atlanta has adopted zoning changes that should make it much easier to build live-work and mixed-use development. A new live- work zoning category...
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