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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.
Brent Warr, the mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi, who participated energetically in the Mississippi Renewal Forum after Hurricane Katrina, announced in March that he will not seek reelection. The Sun Herald said Warr “is facing Katrina fraud charges...
Coming to Denver, June 10-13, the 17th Congress for the New Urbanism gathers the resourcefulness and ingenuity of the New Urbanism under one roof.
DOT and HUD announce a joint effort to merge land use and planning to improve livability.
Photo 1 caption (appears on page 01):The redevelopment of the Columbia Heights Metro station area in Washington, DC, won a Charter Award for 2009. See story on page 5. courtesy of the congress for the new urbanism
By Bernard Zyscovich with Douglas R. PorterUrban Land Institute, 2008, 137 pp., $69.95 hardcoverMiami architect Bernard Zyscovich has done some interesting urban things. He is credited with devising the redevelopment plan for Miami Beach’s Lincoln...
Buoyed by the federal government’s agreement to provide funds for the first phase of Metro rail service to Dulles International Airport, developers are reviving long-dormant plans for hotels, convention centers, shops, and housing on property...
Reid Ewing, a co-author of Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change, recently joined the faculty of the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Utah, where he hopes to establish a center for...
A federal study confirmed what many in the real estate industry have observed — the share of development in cities and first-ring suburbs has increased significantly since 1990 — and this trend continues in the wake of the real estate recession.
The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), which has jurisdiction over most streets and roads in its state, is — like Virginia — requiring that new subdivision streets be connected to neighboring areas.
Since March 2008, DelDOT has...
Momentum is growing for what the US Environmental Protection Agency calls “green infrastructure.” Tom Low of the Charlotte, North Carolina, office of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. reports that 130 people from across the country participated in March...
Hutto, Texas, became the second city in that state to adopt a citywide SmartCode, according to Community Development Director Matthew Lewis. The consultants on the project were Placemakers, Gateway Planning Group, and the architecture firm ERO....
An illustrated, 20-page urban planning book for children, Where Things Are, From Near to Far, has been written by Chris Steins, editor-in-chief of the Internet-based planning site Planetizen, and by Tim Halibur, Planetizen’s managing editor. “If we...