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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.
The transportation and land-use policies of Portland, Oregon, offer residents a “green dividend” of lower commute times and costs, according to Joe Cortright, an economist with Impresa Inc. and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Average...
After years of deliberations among representatives of CNU, the United States Green Building Council and the Natural Resources Defense Council, the LEED for Neighborhood Pilot has enrolled 238 projects – one of the strongest launches in the nearly 10...
Todd W. Mansfield, who oversaw the planning and initial development of Celebration, Florida, while president of the Walt Disney Company’s Celebration Company, has been named chairman of the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
Boyle Investment Company hopes to break ground by early this month on Berry Farms, a partly new urbanist project in Franklin, Tennessee, south of Nashville. The mixed-use development, a significant step forward for the 58,000-population Williamson...
Edited by Abhijeet Chavan, Christian Peralta, and ChristopherSteins Island Press, 2007, 208 pp., hardcover $35, paperback $19.95.
LeylandAlliance is teaming with Habitat for Humanity to develop several parcels of land in the downtown historic district of Newburgh, New York, and reconfigure them into affordable housing. The new urbanist firm is the master developer of the...
The Movement for Israeli Urbanism (MIU), Israel’s version of CNU, is sponsoring a charrette December 2-6 to replan a border town severely effected by the recent war between Israel and Hezbollah. “We invite you to take part in changing urban planning...
The City of San Gabriel, California, adopted a plan aimed at transforming Valley Boulevard — the community’s major transportation corridor — and the adjacent residential neighborhoods into a vibrant mixed-use area. The Valley Vision Plan calls for...
Douglas Duany is working for the Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment and is living in Poundbury, the town in southwest England being developed by Prince Charles. His responsibilities include teaching the Foundation’s urban designers who...
William Lieberman has become program manager in the Transportation Program Division of Carter & Burgess, a national consulting firm in engineering, architecture, and related services. He is based in Oakland, California. Previously Lieberman was...
After a clash over architectural styles, an eco-urban neighborhood is developing fast. Vancouver, British Columbia, is rushing to build an eight-block project on the edge of downtown that will serve both as housing for athletes in the 2010 Winter...
A $500 million town center may be built in North Haven, next to a proposed train station.
Connecticut, previously a laggard in smart-growth policymaking, has begun launching initiatives over the past year aimed at extending commuter rail service...