Land use has a profound and largely unacknowledged role in the death and injury of pedestrians and bicyclists, according to researchers. There are two answers—but one is far superior.
Project 3500 pre-designs and pre-permits thousands of affordable housing units on city-owned land.
Here are the remarks of CNU President Mallory Baches at the opening keynote of CNU34 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on May 13.
Places shape people and determine health outcomes. Those who shape the public realm are health practitioners, and this needs to be more widely understood.
CNU is on the last day of its annual Congress, CNU 34, which is taking place in Northwest Arkansas (NWA) this year. One of the fastest-growing regions in the US, NWA's economy is driven by its status as home to major corporations, including Walmart...
Madison Crescent shows how infill development can offer housing solutions in historic cities. A University of Maryland, College Park design team won a Student Merit Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2026 CNU Charter...
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
Transit-oriented project begins sprawl-repair near Baltimore
Metro Centre at Owings Mills, Maryland, is a mixed-use, transit-oriented development (TOD) that will support more than 1.2 million square feet of...
Urban Navigation
(Introduction to Terminated Vistas, Deflected Vistas, and Layered Vistas)
I. Urban Vistas
In the practice of urbanism, a host of techniques can...
Jamestown Properties has acquired the small Atlanta developer Green Street Properties to pursue the “green development” trend in the US. Green Street...
Transit question: How to preserve affordability
Across America, rail and bus rapid transit (BRT) lines have proliferated during the past decade. Los Angeles will have a total of 71 light-rail and...
Great Ideas
