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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.
Lockers and other facilities for bicyclists are making it more convenient for bicyclists to pedal to and from transit stations.
The Pennsylvania-based builder best known for constructing suburban houses announced that it would expand its operations in New York City and Hoboken and Jersey City, New Jersey.
Design Strategies for the Post-Carbon World By Patrick M. Condon
A strategic framework breaks the city down into 11 kinds of neighborhoods, zones, or sectors, and recommends a different mix of techniques in each of them.
Resources may be focused along a light-rail line and on downtown, Midtown, and the better-positioned neighborhoods.
Government and community leaders start a sustainability group with broad support.
CNU’s new Rainwater Initiative seeks examples from members
Developer Frank Starkey, a guest lecturer in the Master of Real Estate Development and Urbanism at University of Miami School of Architecture, is presenting a lecture series on “Reinventing Real Estate Development.”
US DOT announces 42 capital projects that will fund transit, freight rail, multimodal stations, and street improvements in this second round of competitive grants.
HUD and DOT announce joint planning grants for "sustainable and livable communities that connect housing, employment and economic development with transportation and other infrastructure improvements."
North Little Rock, Arkansas, has begun implementing a plan for construction of 1,400 apartments, condominium units, and detached houses, establishment of a farmers’ market, and other improvements in its downtown.
As the new round of TIGER grants are leaked, many of them support transit and walkability — including a streetcar line in Atlanta and a highway-to-boulevard project in New Haven.