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.
Northwest Arkansas needs more infill and better-designed greenfield growth to improve the lives of its citizens, as its population expands to a million residents by 2050. How to achieve that is the issue.
Building communities that connect neighborhoods and promote social interaction among diverse people boosts economic prospects and overall health, and can even make the difference in a life-or-death crisis.
Expanding the range of housing choices enables new housing that adapts to the needs of a changing demographic.
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Transit, TOD Ten steps toward autonomous urbanism
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The EPA Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation
The EPA Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Division of Development, Community, and Environment — often known as the “smart growth office...
Federal sustainability programs at risk, CNU says
As the Obama Administration releases a budget that pleases some transit advocates, the Congress for the New Urbanism warns that the promising HUD,...
Costs rise in the suburbs
The study, “Beltway Burden,” found that in the Washington region, increases in a household’s transportation costs start offsetting the savings from...
Despite the improvement in the fortunes of many
Despite the improvement in the fortunes of many urban centers in the past decade, the Brookings Institution says “employment steadily decentralized...
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