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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.
Traffic generated by Reston Town Center in northern Virginia is close to 50 percent lower than what would ordinarily be expected in a comparably sized suburban development, according to a traffic study by Wells & Associates.
The number of neighborhood-scale projects in planning and under construction tops 300 for the first time, and 31 new projects began construction in 2000.
Since New Urban News began publishing an annual survey of traditional neighborhood...
Anchor Mill in Huntersville, North Carolina, a transit-oriented project involving developer Nate Bowman, is now facing political snags. Bowman, developer of the new urbanist Vermillion (which recently won a Sierra Club award as the best project in...
The fate of Crocker Park, a planned new urbanist retail and residential development in Westlake, Ohio, is now in the hands of voters at the November ballots. The project will go forward if voters approve an amendment to the city’s zoning code for...
Knowledge workers in today’s “new economy” are seeking high quality places to live with urban amenities like sidewalk cafes and bicycle trails, according to a recent article in the Christian Science Monitor. The trend marks a reversal of the...
In late August, CNU hosted a delegation of Chinese housing officials in San Francisco as they recruited American talent for a new enterprise: developing pedestrian-scale, mixed-use, traditional neighborhoods in the booming cities of Beijing and...
Vickery, the first complete new urbanist neighborhood proposed in the Atlanta region, is running into opposition from neighbors who object to its density. The 210-acre development in Forsythe County is proposed for a site that currently has half-...
The Tucson new urbanist community pushes forward in the wake of a builder pullout, a search for a new development partner, and mixed reviews from local environmentalists.
As Kermit the Frog would say, it ain’t easy being green. That’s the case...
Torti Gallas and Partners/CHK recently received a Certificate of Merit in the First Annual Residential Architect Design Award for their design of the Kentlands Cottages in Kentlands. The design by Maurice Walters meets two challenges: increasing...
Post Properties has taken its brand of new urbanist infill development to Phoenix, Arizona, where Post Roosevelt Square is well into construction. The nearly completed first phase includes 420 rental apartments and for-sale townhomes in five four-...
The University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning is launching a new Master of Urban Design program. The one-year, post-professional program is open to professionals who have already completed a degree in architecture,...
Is the New Urbanism effective in rebuilding and revitalizing cities? According to academic research presented to the Association of American Geographers this year, the answer is yes.