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
At issue: how to make the New Urbanism grow
The movement needs more developers, more research, and strong standards, according to some.
The biggest challenge to New Urbanism is how to expand...
Developers Ken Talle and Brad Johnson have
Developers Ken Talle and Brad Johnson have broken ground for 28 rental townhouses in Ramsey Village, a new urban redevelopment in the West Duluth...
In California, ground has been broken for
In California, ground has been broken for the Hercules Waterfront District, the first new urbanist development project in the San Francisco Bay Area...
Metro Baltimore to try Cool Spots
Metropolitan Baltimore is about to try the “Cool Spots” method of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Criterion Planners of Portland, Oregon, will...
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