The Complete Streets movement has largely failed in practice, but a focus on networks and context could make it more effective.
A remarkable new Harvard study shows the benefits of mixed-income housing in high-poverty areas, using design based on New Urbanist principles.
Polestar Village brings a health and wellness focus to Radburn-like community that is centered on a community garden.
The trend of inner-block development is very cool. This sweet little project, called Townsend in Edmond, Oklahoma, is breaking ground with two live-work units, 18 townhouses, and 13,000 square feet of commercial space on about an acre.
Authors of an academic survey recommend zoning and parking reform, as well as investing in alternative transportation, to enable car-free living.
The General Assembly Building in Richmond is typical of the architecture of the late Robert A.M. Stern, adding a new iconic building to an important urban site.
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Streets Five scenarios that make street transformation possible
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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 University of Utah has established a new
The University of Utah has established a new professional education program, the Mountain West Planning and Design Academy. Reid Ewing, a well-known...
Golf course, industry buttress Montreal’s Bois-Franc
Deep pockets of developer keep town, built on the site of a former airport, moving forward.
Bombardier, the big Canadian manufacturer of trains,...
The first houses are under construction at Villebois,
The first houses are under construction at Villebois, a TND in Wilsonville, Oregon. Developer Costa Pacific Homes, which built the acclaimed Orenco...
Investing for the long-term
Christopher Leinberger of Arcadia Land Co., a leading new urbanist finance theorist, believes that financial returns from new urban communities lag...
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