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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.
Transit served neighborhoods in four out of five cities with extensive transit service saw strong development and growth. The exception: Chicago.
Form-based codes voluntarily adopted by developers show how this kind of land-use regulation can offer high market adaptability while assuring a better public realm.
Downtown Wichita has had $372 million in development in since 2010, with another $112 million underway or about to break ground in 2013, according to a report in the current issue of Better! Cities & Towns. Population of the 800-acre downtown is...
Prior to the crash, New Urban Builders specialized in nicely designed and constructed production housing in a traditional neighborhood development (TND) format. The firm was about to embark on a 1,500-unit new town — but now this 4-acre infill...
Three developments were studied in the Nashville area: New urban infill and greenfield neighborhoods and a 1990s conventional suburban development. The infill development far outdistanced the others in net revenue, according to a report by Smart...
Since their resurrection in Seaside 30 years ago, roughly 300 form-based codes (FBCs) have been adopted. By their very nature FBCs faces many hurdles.
The American real estate landscape is changing dramatically. Multifamily rental buildings will be in demand in walkable communities, and the suburbs will become more diverse.
It may seem counterintuitive to focus on roadway design when talking about creating New Urbanist communities. In fact, it can be a significant catalyst of New Urbanism.
A report found that Denver's Southeast Rail Line, which opened in late 2006, has not been a powerful driver of job growth. Strong housing development has occurred, improving job-work balance.
More than 100 organizations, ranging from the National PTA to the American Lung Association to AARP to NAACP to Nike, heard the US surgeon general announce a "call to action on walking."
There’s not much single-family New Urbanism these days. Where it is happening, it is often small infill projects like this one.