RECENT ARTICLES – 2016
New recognition of the health and safety benefits of parks is changing how the public and leaders view green spaces.
In the Pearl District, a place designed for human movement and a model of affordable urban renaissance, miscreants with bricks and bats fueled Donald Trump’s incendiary charge that our “inner cities are in crisis.”
Suburban areas in need of transformation often lack an oversight organization to join, providing a network of support.
Affordable housing is built in the suburbs in automobile-dependent places, forcing low-income and working-class residents to spend too much on transportation.
The charrette process can empower citizens to agree on the location of multiple walkable centers in suburban areas.
Many suburbs would like to revitalize infrastructure and assets, but they don’t know what problems to tackle first. Not knowing can lead to paralysis.
Our principles—and our Charter—are timeless, and the work of our members is as relevant and populist as it has ever been.
After a year of work, the Build a Better Burb website has been upgraded, offering an improved platform for suburbs that are rethinking their planning and development.
The urban support for public transit keeps growing, with expansion plans approved this week in metro areas big and small in many parts of the US.
Urbanists face considerable uncertainty and concerns in a Trump presidency, but there may be silver linings.