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.
Three urban design projects this month aim to leave a lasting mark on Northwest Arkansas, the site of CNU 34 in May.
Why wouldn't you design every city plan and every suburb with a tightly connected pattern of streets and blocks?
“Housing Ohio: Tools for Development” includes something like a starter kit of pre-approved plans, with zoning reforms to make them work.
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
At long last, Flower Mound project approved
A lot can change in two decades. Eighteen years ago, a charrette was held to design a mixed-use, new urban development in Flower Mound, Texas. The...
“New Urbanism is not a social service
“New Urbanism is not a social service program. A walkable neighborhood will not provide day care and affordable health care for impoverished families...
Prestigious Charter Awards jury for ‘14
Jury chair Jeff Speck revealed an impressive list of urbanists that have agreed to judge the 2014 CNU Charter Awards, the global award for excellence...
Neighborhood form influences social capital
A new study by Kevin Leyden of West Virginia University explores how neighborhood form influences the generation of social capital, i.e., the level...
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