The Razorback Greenway is already influencing growth in Northwest Arkansas, but this may be only the beginning. Other regions are taking similar steps.
An academic survey of a Florida traditional neighborhood development shows higher social engagement and better health outcomes.
Carmel, Indiana, has been called the “roundabout city.” It has also built a major downtown from scratch in the last quarter-century. These two facts are related.
A quarter century after the iconic Los Angeles development was launched, a community survey shows high levels of resident satisfaction.
Land use has a profound and largely unacknowledged role in the death and injury of pedestrians and bicyclists, according to researchers. There are two answers—but one is far superior.
Project 3500 pre-designs and pre-permits thousands of affordable housing units on city-owned land.
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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
Mississippi mayor Joins CNU board
Connie M. Moran was elected mayor of her hometown, Ocean Springs, Miss., in June 2005. Two months later, Hurricane Katrina changed almost everything...
Gooding’s corner grocery store in Celebration, Florida,
Gooding’s corner grocery store in Celebration, Florida, closed, as many residents feared, when a new, larger Gooding’s opened near the highway....
Bothwell to explore sustainability as Orton Fellow
CNU board treasurer Stephanie Bothwell has been selected as the second Orton Family Foundation Fellow. This relatively new fellowship program...
Selected new urbanist projects across Canada
More than 25 projects are under construction or in planning across Canada. The following list briefly tracks progress in some of the most prominent...
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