The mass-timber Home Office in Bentonville, Arkansas, is built into the street grid with a regional bike-ped trail through the middle.
An innovative plan in Northwest Arkansas would convert a commuter campus to a 24-hour college community.
The plan for a city of 400,000 leads to the same outcomes as The Original Green, concludes urbanist Steve Mouzon.
The first CNU 2026 Legacy Project creates a plan for a mixed-use village in growing Northwest Arkansas.
A Toolkit of the Vermont “Homes for All” initiative, a Charter Award-winning project in 2025, addresses regulatory barriers. Now, the state is creating a catalog of homes for manufactured missing-middle housing.
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.
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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
TSW Receives Three Chapter Awards from the Georgia Planning Association for Planning Projects in Alpharetta, Clarkston and Downtown Atlanta
TSW, an Atlanta-based, full-service planning, architecture and landscape architecture firm has won three Chapter Awards from the Georgia Planning...
California bill to promote mixed-use walkable places
Planners under California Gov. Gray Davis have introduced a bill — SB1521 — designed to promote mixed-use, walkable neighborhoods, infill development...
Pedestrian deaths across the US mapped
Transportation for America released on May 24 an updated and comprehensive report on pedestrian deaths.
Portland, Oregon, is succeeding in its efforts to
Portland, Oregon, is succeeding in its efforts to cut greenhouse gases — largely through public transportation and boosting pedestrian and bicycle...
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