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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.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has begun replacing nearly 5,100 parking meters and installing sensors that detect when a parking space is occupied.
New data shows 'Smart Growth' can cut 140 premature deaths and 105,000 asthma attacks and respiratory symptoms each year.
New York's Broadway, after giving up 3.5 miles of traffic lanes to pedestrians, bicyclists, and gathering spaces, is seeing its automotive traffic significantly decline.
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu should demand significant changes in the design of a successor to Charity Hospital, consultant David Dixon told city officials in August.
Developers in Washington, DC, aren't ready to begin a 26-acre waterfront project, so they're making do for the moment with music, games, and a "food-truck roundup."
A new service in Boston enables auto owners to rent their cars out by the hour — a takeoff on vehicle-sharing operations like Zipcar.
A transit-oriented development (TODs) in the Baltimore area that has been in the works for 10 years is moving forward again after a considerable delay.
The project is a $45 million redevelopment of a health and tennis club.
Andrew Burleson, an economic development consultant in Houston, Texas, has come up with a new way of describing the relationship between urbanism and property values.
Having failed last February to win $298 million in federal stimulus funds for a 9.7-mile streetcar system, the City of Atlanta and the Georgia Transit Connector initiative asked this August for $52 million for a line considerably shorter: 2.6...
CNU’s Board of Directors added two new members at its meeting held in conjunction with the Atlanta Congress.