Expanding the range of housing choices enables new housing that adapts to the needs of a changing demographic.
Investments in urban centers combined with parking policy reform support trip reduction and alternative mobility.
The infrastructure that supports downtowns and walkable neighborhoods features connected streets, growth focused in specific place types, and design based on the rural-to-urban Transect.
Pearl in San Antonio, a Charter Award winner, is becoming the heart of a 15-minute city.
Montclair is a city in the “Inland Empire” of California, built entirely since the second half of the 20th Century, so largely sprawling in its built form. It is also more than two-thirds Latino. The City was connected to commuter rail with the...
The impact of urbanism on day-to-day life may be the strongest argument for change.
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
Waveland, Mississippi, one of the municipalities most devastated
Waveland, Mississippi, one of the municipalities most devastated by Hurricane Katrina, has turned away from new urbanist rebuilding plans. Planner...
Successful first Congress down under
The first Australian and New Zealand New Urbanism Congress held in Melbourne in late April attracted over 370 participants from six countries. The...
Tysons Corner plan
Tysons Corner, one of America’s best-known, automobile-dependent edge cities, would become much more of a real city if a plan approved by the Fairfax...
Montreal: Lessons from great Canadian urbanism
The last few days, I’ve spent some time in la belle province, and I’ve felt that the Ville de Montréal is a great teacher.
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