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
Eight HOPE VI projects get $153 million from HUD
Most of the new HOPE VI developments will end up with more public housing units than they had prior to demolition.
Cincinnati adopts a new form-based code
The Queen City is part of a trend of big cities that are reforming their zoning. The next step is to apply the code to neighborhoods via regulating...
In Cherokee County, Georgia, a 4,000-acre development is
In Cherokee County, Georgia, a 4,000-acre development is generating controversy as it winds it way through a rezoning process. The Willoughby-Sewell...
Milt Rhodes, a University of Miami Knight Fellow,
Milt Rhodes, a University of Miami Knight Fellow, was named director of community planning and program development for the North Carolina Smart...
Great Ideas
