An analysis of the Miami 21 zoning code, a bold policy move that bets on urbanism, shows that its focus on walkability drives higher demand for neighborhood living.
In other housing news, Oregon’s new model code, a village of tiny homes for the formerly homeless in Austin, and urban cohousing near Chicago.
A 360-acre traditional neighborhood development sets new pattern for growth in Columbus, Georgia.
A postcard sketch competition asked Urban Guild members to draw some ideas in a few minutes during an evening gathering at the Guild Summit in Chattanooga in late October. The members include architects, urban designers, and other urbanists.
I have been working on a Climate Action Handbook for CNU, which we plan to have published and printed by CNU 34 in Northwest Arkansas, but in doing so, I took a break from Public Square for a month and a half. There's a backlog of stories, some of...
Four decades of public-nonprofit-private partnership in New Urbanism has produced a city in balance, moving forward.
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Streets Five scenarios that make street transformation possible
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Better Cities & Towns Archive
The Victoria Transport Policy Institute, in Victoria,
The Victoria Transport Policy Institute, in Victoria, British Columbia, has added a new chapter titled “Roadway Connectivity” to its “Online Transit...
Many major US cities are gaining population
Many major US cities are gaining population for the first time in decades, according to the latest numbers from the 2000 census. “This is the first...
A $10.6 billion package of plans by
A $10.6 billion package of plans by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg would convert much of Lower Manhattan into what The New York Times calls “an urban...
New City Spaces By Jan Gehl and Lars Gemzoe
Danish Architectural Press, 2000, 264 pp., hardcover 375 Danish kroner (approximately $62 US). Like many new urbanists, I got my first exposure to...
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