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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.
Capital MetroRail, the first modern passenger rail system in central Texas, began carrying commuters on 32 miles of track between downtown Austin and the northwest suburb of Leander March 22.
The Housing + Transportation Affordability Index is a powerful tool for evaluating urban form.
Georgetown Land Company frustrated by its inability to obtain financing for infrastructure in a 55-a
Georgetown Land Company, frustrated by its inability to obtain financing for infrastructure in a 55-acre transit-oriented development in Redding, Connecticut, expects to sell the project to new owners by June. The company has announced that the site...
Three charrettes were sponsored in March by the Scottish Sustainable Communities Initiative to create models for environmentally sound development. The lead planner was Andres Duany of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. The final presentation, in...
Up to 22 US cities could be laying track within two years.
The state Smart Growth program, which began in 2007 under then-Governor Eliot Spitzer, has taken a geographically targeted approach to allocating resources.
Norman Garrick, a leading researcher on how to make America’s transportation systems better serve pedestrians and communities, was removed in March from the directorship of the Center for Transportation and Urban Planning at the University of...
By Michael BehrendtThe town’s planner for the past 14 years, new urbanist Michael Behrendt adeptly uses Rochester’s architecture as a springboard to a larger topic: the making of good communities wherever they happen to be.
The Colorado units in a contemporary style would be suitable for infill and new urban applications.
Jason Spellings housing liaison for the office of Mississippi Gov Haley Barbour in the recovery effo
Jason Spellings, housing liaison for the office of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour in the recovery effort after Hurricane Katrina, is resigning to become vice president of Southeastern Operations for The Wishcamper Companies, a national affordable...
Up to 550 apartments some of them reserved for artists will be constructed in the first phase of a d
Up to 550 apartments, some of them reserved for artists, will be constructed in the first phase of a development adjoining the Fort Totten Metro station in northeast Washington, DC, if the overall 929-unit project receives city approval. The Morris...