Archives
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.
In honor of their 25th Anniversary, Gibbs Planning Group presents a one-day symposium that will explore design & development best practices for mixed-use urban projects.
The NTBA is developer-driven association whose members are committed to the successful development of neighborhoods that are economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable.
Arthur C. Nelson explains why pro-sprawl pundit Wendell Cox has it backwards when he claimed in the The Wall Street Journal that smart growth policies caused the housing crash.
Learn the nuts and bolts of planning and building a walkable community where residential, retail and farming thrive.
The Form-Based Codes Institute, the national think tank that provides professional training in drafting and implementing form-based codes, has appointed Joel Russell as its new executive director.
The current commodity driven system is prone to boom and bust cycles. Form-based planning facilitates the holistic development of enduring, diverse neighborhoods.
Mother Jones points out that outdoor night lighting has increased tremendously in recent decades, but hasn't made us safer.
Innovation and access to good employees -- two reasons why businesses are choosing to locate in walkable downtowns and towns centers.
When Americans today are given a choice involving trade-offs, the option of a walkable, compact, mixed-use community comes out consistently ahead of conventional, drive-only places.
Medium-rise residential is often more appropriate, but little-known Federal regulations have restricted this type of development for decades.
Communications and coalition-building were key to adopting 500 complete streets policies nationwide. Now we need to implement those policies.
Incumbent President/CEO John Norquist is scheduled to step down in mid-2014. The Congress for the New Urbanism seeks candidates with the hope of announcing his successor at CNU 22 in Buffalo.