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
New leader at Reconnecting America
The new president and CEO of Reconnecting America, which promotes transit-oriented development, is John Robert Smith, who as mayor of Meridian,...
Gondolier Press has released The Forgotten Child: Cities
Gondolier Press has released The Forgotten Child: Cities for the Well-Being of Children, by Henry L. Lennard and Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard. The...
Shrinking the ballpark
One of the challenges for urbanists is how to prevent ballparks from becoming enormous. “Most of the traditional ballparks were on sites of no more...
Social striving propels the drive-only suburban machine
Coalitions and strategic politics — and shifting cultural values — can deliver the structural change needed to allow American urbanism to flower...
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