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.
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
Bringing back Gentilly
Members volunteer in force for first post-Katrina charrette in New Orleans
A neighborhood rises from industrial refuse
In Pittsburgh, a public/private partnership is transforming an unusual brownfield site into the city’s largest new residential development in more...
Water Street in Lower Manhattan
In the 1960s, New York City drew up a plan that converted Water Street in Lower Manhattan into a wide thoroughfare lined by sleek modern office...
CNU member Linda Matthew is leading an effort
CNU member Linda Matthew is leading an effort to compile detailed information about new urbanist projects in a new CNU online database. This database...
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