An analysis of the Miami 21 zoning code, a bold policy move that bets on urbanism, shows that its focus on walkability drives higher demand for neighborhood living.
In other housing news, Oregon’s new model code, a village of tiny homes for the formerly homeless in Austin, and urban cohousing near Chicago.
A 360-acre traditional neighborhood development sets new pattern for growth in Columbus, Georgia.
A postcard sketch competition asked Urban Guild members to draw some ideas in a few minutes during an evening gathering at the Guild Summit in Chattanooga in late October. The members include architects, urban designers, and other urbanists.
I have been working on a Climate Action Handbook for CNU, which we plan to have published and printed by CNU 34 in Northwest Arkansas, but in doing so, I took a break from Public Square for a month and a half. There's a backlog of stories, some of...
Four decades of public-nonprofit-private partnership in New Urbanism has produced a city in balance, moving forward.
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
Active Living by Design, a project funded by
Active Living by Design, a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore the links between health and community design, is moving...
Georgia Tech offers masters in urban design
The recently approved urban design program appears to focus on practical issues such as how to make communities more appealing to pedestrians and...
In praise of community design
Community by Design: New Urbanism for Suburbs and Small Communities joins a long list of books extolling the virtues of mixed-use, pedestrian-...
Restoring the lifeblood to Main Street
Main streets are arguably the most American place. From the 1930s on, financial rules shut off the lifeblood to this American institution.
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