The flagship for authentic incrementalism in Asheville, North Carolina, is gone, flooded by Helene.
Rancho Cucamonga is implementing urbanism on arterial roads and suburban commercial areas. This plan is intended to lead the way to density and mixed-use in a suburban city in Southern California.
Misconceptions of density sometimes fuel opposition, but a low-rise single-family and missing middle housing mix can achieve 15 units per acre.
Two handsome four-story buildings are on the final lots to be built in Glenwood Park, a Charter Award-winning neighborhood in Atlanta.
There's been much discussion of creating what the late Ray Oldenburg called “third places,” why they are vanishing, and how they are linchpins of neighborhoods and social interaction. Neighborhood Lab, based in Copenhagen, created a graphic...
Walkable places are critical to cities and the national economy and here’s a formula to get them back on track.
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
Nelessen completes visual preference survey
After much controversy and a seven-month delay, Nelessen & Associates of Princeton, New Jersey, have completed a Visual Preference Survey in...
Stephen Roulac, economist and futurist, covers New Urbanism on radio show
Stephen Roulac, a real estate consultant, economist, and “futurist” frequently covers the New Urbanism on his radio show, Stephen Roulac Property...
Plans for Bloomfield Park have been
Plans for Bloomfield Park have been formally submitted to the planning department in Bloomfield Township, Michigan. The township has a building...
Chicago-area CNU members are off to an early
Chicago-area CNU members are off to an early start on the 2004 Congress. CNU Board Member Jacky Grimshaw, Doug Farr, and Peter Skosey are chairing...
Great Ideas
Suburbia was a housing program
We used to understand that housing construction was in the public interest
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