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.
Fitchburg revised its SmartCode and then did something extra for cyclists.
Dublin, Ohio adopts a progressive form-based code to regulate growth along the city's Bridge Street Corridor.
In 10 years, household transportation costs rose nearly three times as much in heavely car dependent locations as in compact, transit-served neighborhoods.
An interview with architect Thomas Dolan, author of the new book Live-Work Planning and Design: Zero-Commute Housing.
A new report from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy shows freeway removal delivering benefits on three continents.
On April 4, National Walking Day, and any day for that matter, street design is critically important to enable people to walk.
Responding to the growing threat of global warming, the City of Las Vegas announced today that it will return to what Mayor Carolyn Goodman called “a true desert condition.”
The Charter of the New Urbanism is often underappreciated and unheralded — but every year since 2001 it is honored through the Charter Awards of the Congress for the New Urbanism.
The well-known new urban community Orenco Station west of Portland, Oregon, is getting affordable housing adjacent to a light rail stop.
Richard Jackson to give closing plenary; West Palm Beach implements new trolley route.
In a "tough-love" letter to the Garden State, new urbanists demand better roads, safer streets, and greater emphasis on active transportation.