Chicago council unanimously approves an ordinance that would promote ped-friendly uses near transit stops.
A missing middle coding expert explains why planners should understand and use this term.
If Missing Middle Housing is to be built at a scale that will go far toward solving our housing problems, we need regional thinking and this toolkit fits the bill.
Let's put production housing to work solving the housing crisis.
The Railyard in Lexington, Kentucky, is a case study in how a novice developer can take a significant project from concept to construction.
Author's note: My first visit to the Pantheon was fifty years ago. In the decades since, I have returned many times, and with each visit this extraordinary work of architecture and urbanism continues to reveal something new. I have drawn and studied...
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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
The neighborhood model of public housing
The Hawthorne neighborhood in Philadelphia has come back to life—catalyzed by Martin Luther King Plaza, the redevelopment of a former high-rise...
One of the basic tenets
One of the basic tenets of new urbanist planning is to establish an open street grid that promotes the free flow of pedestrian and automobile traffic...
Mixed-use developments get regulatory break
We reported in October on new Federal Housing Administration (FHA) rules that loosen restrictions on mixed-use. The New York Times now reports on how...
Construction began this spring on Longleaf
Construction began this spring on Longleaf, a 568-acre traditional neighborhood development (TND) in New Port Richey, Florida. The project was...
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