Why wouldn't you design every city plan and every suburb with a tightly connected pattern of streets and blocks?
“Housing Ohio: Tools for Development” includes something like a starter kit of pre-approved plans, with zoning reforms to make them work.
A walking and biking trail is being used as a framework for compact, mixed-use growth in Northwest Arkansas, one of the fastest-growing regions in the US. This tool for sustainable development could apply to many regions.
Beyond the battles between NIMBY and YIMBY, a third option— call it “QUIMBY”—offers a promising path forward.
The largest city in Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville is managing growth by incremental development that is regenerating the city’s urban fabric.
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
Real estate revival surges into long-depressed DC neighborhoods
Those who attended the CNU annual conference in Washington, DC, last June noticed something very encouraging: Not only is the nation’s capital...
The Dwelling Complex II. The Live-Work Unit; C. Location and Mix
The design of every housing unit must consider both its
living and its working functions.
All dwellings are intrinsically the stage for domestic...
Reinventing the suburbs one greyfield at a time
For the past year, the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) has been attracting attention for producing evidence that greyfield malls can become...
Town Commons in Howell, Michigan, a relatively
Town Commons in Howell, Michigan, a relatively new traditional neighborhood development (TND), is getting a strong flow of customers through its town...
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