Steve Price

Steve Price of Urban Advantage communicates the urban design principles of Smart Growth and New Urbanism to non-professional audiences through photo-realistic illustration. After getting a degree in sociology in the 1970s, dabbling in fine art in Los Angeles, and working as a technical illustrator for Silicon Valley companies like Apple and Hewlett Packard, he combined his interests in urbanism, human sociality, and visual communication, creating instructional illustrations about walkable and social urban form. Steve was a board member of the Form-Based Codes Institute, a non-profit organization advancing new methods of urban development regulation, for 12 years. His ongoing interest in local affairs led him to involvements in his own community as a planning commissioner and design review board member.

Health

Loneliness, urban design, and form-based codes

A remarkable and growing body of literature is telling us that healthy communities need face-to-face interaction among their members, something that electronic media cannot replace. Physical places enable or prevent that interaction.

STEVE PRICEOCT. 20, 2016

Community

Socially sustainable communities are more than friends and families

'Weak ties' are the strings that thread their way through the social fabric, allowing information, culture, and work to flow. Fragmented communities break down those ties.

STEVE PRICESEP. 4, 2018

Transportation

Can an electric bicycle take the place of a car?

Not if you can't use it for shopping—and that's why protected bike lanes are one key to reducing carbon emissions.

STEVE PRICEOCT. 29, 2019