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.
The town center at Trilith creates a walkable downtown in the rural/suburban county 20 miles south of Atlanta.
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
The mayor of Pittsburgh has dropped a controversial
The mayor of Pittsburgh has dropped a controversial $480 million downtown redevelopment project called Market Place that would have gutted or razed...
The cover article of the New York Times
The cover article of the New York Times Magazine of December 14, 1997, featured Celebration, Disney’s new town near Orlando, Florida. The town...
Plan of the Month December 2010: Low-carbon urban design for China
Urban design standards for low-carbon communities were created and tested on a new city plan.
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