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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.
Certainly, HOPE VI resulted in substantial displacement. The evidence is strong that conditions have improved in the rebuilt public housing projects and surrounding neighborhoods for the long-term.
In the latest episode of the Official CNU Podcast, founder Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk looks back at the influence new urbanism has had on the culture, and talks about her current work.
Review of book published by Portfolio//Penguin, 2013, 261 pp., $25.95 hardcover
The global awards for excellence in urban design are getting a facelift this year. New jury chair Jeff Speck has altered and expanded the list of categories that applicants can apply for.
A piece by Alan Durning of Sightline Institute provides an in-depth analysis of how parking requirements raise baseline rents in new apartment buildings. Even relatively modest off-street parking requirements increases the per-unit cost for the...
While transit-oriented development (TOD) is in demand, barriers could be reduced further through reform of land-use regulations, the researchers say.
The New Urbanism pioneer led a University of Miami program that ran counter to the trends in US architectural education since 1995.
Now we take a break from contemporary livability and smart growth to look at a list of urban planners throughout history.
Buying, Renting, Moving — or Just Dreaming — Find Your Perfect Match!, a book by Marianne Cusato, Workman, 2013, 372 pp., $12.95 paperback
Urbanists must adopt less bureaucratic approaches so that the next generation can build and grow the economy, Andres Duany says. Hence the proliferation of “lean” codes that emphasize only the essentials of shaping community.
The public demand for "complete streets" remains strong as the 500th policy at the state and local level throughout the US was recently enacted, the National Complete Streets Coalition reports.
To look more closely at the connection between mobility and sprawl, we compared the mobility rates to neighborhood Walk Scores. Our results lend support to Paul Krugman’s hypothesis.