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Welcome to the archives of Better Cities & Towns, a publication founded by Robert Steuteville as New Urban News in 1996. This archive holds two decades of the best news and analysis on compact, mixed-use growth and development, from 1996 to 2015.
Wal-Mart appears likely to use some new urbanist ideas when the company replaces its hurricane-destroyed store in Pass Christian, Mississippi, says Mayor Chip McDermott. Mayor McDermott told The Sun Herald in late September that Wal-Mart is taking...
Gulfport, Mississippi, expects to spend more than $3 million to begin a harbor project that would include a marina, a promenade, and an area for restaurant and retail businesses, in keeping with a plan devised by Wallace, Roberts & Todd (WRT)....
Sunland Park, New Mexico, is hoping to use new urbanist principles to plan a new downtown district at the border crossing to Juarez, Mexico. Veronica Rosales, director of community development for the 14,250-person municipality, says that “despite...
CNU’s newly formed Visitability & Accessibility Task Force will focus on raising awareness among new urbanists about the importance of visitability and accessibility and raising awareness among accessibility advocates of the benefits of...
Mark A. Benedict and Edward T. McMahon are authors of a new book, Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities, that discusses how to plan, protect, and manage natural and restored lands, including those along greenways. The 300-page, $...
Developers Frank and Trey Starkey of New Port Richey, Florida, are working on a new traditional neighborhood development (TND). Having sold a large part of Longleaf, their first TND — to Crosland Inc., which will complete the final two neighborhoods...
A 19-acre mixed-use development is being proposed on Lady’s Island in Beaufort, South Carolina, across the Beaufort River from downtown. Aslan Development Group of Louisville, Kentucky, has hired LandPlan Partnership of Hilton Head to do the urban...
An article on msn.com in early August contended that consistently high gas prices will have a rising influence on house buyers’ decisions. The article, “Could Rising Gas Prices Kill the Suburbs?,” calculated that at $3/gallon gas, a 50-mile commute...
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The City of Germantown, near Memphis, Tennessee, hired the Lawrence Group of Davidson, North Carolina, to create a smart growth plan in during a charrette scheduled for September, according to an eyewitnessnews.com report.
Wide traffic lanes may make traveling more dangerous, rather than less. Eric Dumbaugh at Texas A&M, who has studied road design and the frequency of accidents, has found that making traffic lanes wider than 11 feet does not improve safety....
The movement toward eliminating excessive parking requirements scored a victory this summer when San Francisco adopted new regulations for downtown. Mayor Gavin Newsom signed an ordinance that gets rid of all minimum parking requirements for...