A new BRT line brings transit to an underdeveloped central district with ample frontage for development.
Architect Steve Mouzon is one of the most prolific photographers of urban places, particularly New Urbanism. It’s not easy to take a photo that makes you feel like you are inside, or want to be inside, a great place. This is a photo of the Entry...
A nationwide Realtors survey reveals that a majority of Americans prefer a walkable neighborhood, and they are willing to pay for it. That tracks with higher values in highly walkable neighborhoods.
The Reynolds Cottages are a good example of missing middle housing, reusing a vacant block in Brunswick, Georgia.
Addison Circle was designed as a transit-oriented development three decades before the transit line opened. The far-sighted dream became a reality last fall, spurring more mixed-use development.
Good design and the right mix of businesses are keys to success.
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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
More support for the idea that street trees
More support for the idea that street trees are a civic amenity, not a safety hazard, is offered by the study “Street Trees and Intersection Safety...
The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century
By James Howard Kunstler Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005, 307 pp., hardcover $23. Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall, parties, and has a great time. He’s...
Flex house goes mainstream
Homebuilders are introduced to an idea which is becoming increasingly popular with new urbanists.
The separation of work and home began with the...
Key elements of Hope VI:
• New developments are human scale. Superblocks are divided into smaller blocks. High-rise buildings are demolished and replaced with townhomes,...
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