How suburban life quietly redefined everything we buy, use, and throw away.
America is aging. Let's make places worth aging in.
A careful apples-to-apples analysis shows that the classic urban pattern can actually cost less – but it mostly depends on the shape of the lots.
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
Old urbanism becomes new
A master plan guides the dramatic revitalization of a once shabby, moribund downtown.
West Palm Beach, Florida, has staged a amazing turnaround in...
Tenth Congress to celebrate accomplishments, take on challenges
As our tenth annual gathering of proponents of the New Urbanism approaches, the time is right to look back at the movement’s accomplishments. At the...
Institute for Traditional Architecture (ITA) is scheduled
Institute for Traditional Architecture (ITA) is scheduled for an official kickoff in February, 2000. The event will take place in a new chapel/...
A Narrow Streets Database has been compiled by
A Narrow Streets Database has been compiled by architect Alan B. Cohen and is accessible on the Internet. The database includes at least 10...
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