A town extension of seaside resort took a week to design, but it has been 25 years in the making.
A new book by the eminent urbanist Jonathan Barnett will make you more optimistic about US cities and their growth.
A checklist of physical qualities of walkable neighborhoods was enumerated by Dhiru Thadani in The Language of Towns and Cities.
A proposal could add thousands of housing units to the City center, while making it more walkable and sociable.
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
At Civano, hopes die hard
Hopes that the Civano development in southeast Tucson might continue to develop along new urban principles have now been pretty much extinguished....
A new bimonthly publication for new traditional neighborhoods
A new bimonthly publication for new traditional neighborhoods, The Town Paper, seeks to make potential homebuyers more comfortable with the...
CNU XI highlights policy, principles, and participatory planning
The Eleventh Congress for the New Urbanism to be packed with innovative debates, new publications, and spirited conversations.
For the first time...
‘Secondary suites’ are authorized in Vancouver
This month, Vancouver, British Columbia, will begin allowing developers to build condominium units that include “secondary suites” — living quarters...
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