Investments in urban centers combined with parking policy reform support trip reduction and alternative mobility.
The infrastructure that supports downtowns and walkable neighborhoods features connected streets, growth focused in specific place types, and design based on the rural-to-urban Transect.
Pearl in San Antonio, a Charter Award winner, is becoming the heart of a 15-minute city.
Montclair is a city in the “Inland Empire” of California, built entirely since the second half of the 20th Century, so largely sprawling in its built form. It is also more than two-thirds Latino. The City was connected to commuter rail with the...
The impact of urbanism on day-to-day life may be the strongest argument for change.
Let the ride begin: An image shows how West Palm Beach is a different place three decades after a master plan and code.
Features
Streets Five scenarios that make street transformation possible
Why street design has not kept pace with automotive safety improvements, and what you can do about it.
Transit, TOD Ten steps toward autonomous urbanism
Here's a playbook for municipal leaders and citizens on the road to smart city technology.
Better Cities & Towns Archive
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has purchased land around the
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has purchased land around the chain’s Pass Christian, Mississipi, store, which was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The purchase...
Pulling the stake from the heart of New Orleans
CNU is proud to announce it has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s Metropolitan Opportunities Fund.
Michael Mehaffy is working as a project consultant
Michael Mehaffy is working as a project consultant on development at Orenco Station and elsewhere after relocating from England to Lake Oswego,...
A culture warrior defends sprawl
With such a sharp geographical divide, “basic issues like sprawl and land use turn into culture war proxies."
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