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Welcome to the archives of Better Cities & Towns, a publication founded by Robert Steuteville as New Urban News in 1996. This archive holds two decades of the best news and analysis on compact, mixed-use growth and development, from 1996 to 2015.
Most of the action and rhetoric on the US-Mexico border has to do with building fences, tightening security, and preventing Mexicans from entering the US illegally. In the midst of all this, Moule & Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists has been...
The developers of Prairie Crossing in Grayslake, Illinois, 40 miles northwest of the Chicago Loop, are creating a mixed-use town center adjacent to two Metra rail stations served by a total of 57 commuter trains each weekday. Ben Ranney, whose firm...
In the September issue, we reported that Marianne Cusato modified some architectural elements of her Katrina Cottages so that they would suit the South Main development in Buena Vista, Colorado. We have since learned that although the original...
The Long Beach, Mississippi, Board of Aldermen voted in September to institute a framework for rules under which the SmartCode would apply to the approximately 17,000-population municipality, damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Publication Title: New Urban News; Publication Number: 1096-1844; Filing Date: October 1, 2007; Issue Frequency: eight issues/year (every 6.5 weeks); Number of Issues Published Annually: eight; Annual Subscription Price: $89; Complete Mailing...
People are willing to walk farther than is commonly believed, at least to reach rail transit, researchers at San Joseph State University say in a new report.
“Conventional wisdom among planners has been that pedestrians in the United States will...
A Romanian town with a famous castle hosts a charrette, and helps set a path for European architectural education.Prince Vlad the Impaler is thought to have visited a fortress that was begun in the 13th century in what is now the small Romanian town...
The Rosa Parks School in the New Columbia HOPE VI development in Portland, Oregon, has won this year’s Richard Riley Award for Schools as Centers of Community.
A series of similar studies in recent years have compared traditional neighborhood development (TND) to conventional suburban development (CSD) and found that higher density, a mixture of uses, and better connectivity reduce vehicle miles traveled (...
The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency approved a final contract proposal in late September for a consortium that plans to build more than 530 Louisiana Cottages and “Carpet Cottages” in locations devastated by the hurricanes of 2005. The New Orleans...
The National Charrette Institute is offering toolkits in CD-ROM format based on the NCI Charrette Planner and the NCI Complete Charrette Manager trainings. These kits contain the complete set of electronic forms and checklists, providing a step-by-...