Public Square | Sanctuary cities, smart cities, identical cities, heavy polluters, intersectional urbanism, flooding, e-bikes, and gentrification.
Urban living with kids, part one: Attainable urban housing for millennial families with children is poised to become one of the largest market demands in the near future.
New rail and bus rapid transit routes are being built in virtually every large metropolitan area in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Almost 800 route-miles of new transit infrastructure–most of it with dedicated lanes–is now under construction, at a...
Public Square | The public realm, the perfect city, the town center, the Reuters report, eastward extension, discount malls, and segregation.
The Nolli Map is the most underutilized tool in the designer/developer tool box. It provides an intimate understanding of place.
As a strategy, it’s local, less controversial and far more manageable, with actionable steps that give quick, tangible feedback while simultaneously addressing climate change.
Features
Equity Place and the displaced
Two very different issues—America’s displaced, and the world’s displaced—both scream for the same response. Our leaders today, unlike 80 years ago, don't understand the relationship between city building, housing for all, and political power.
Sustainability The struggles of ‘golf course communities’ and the foresight of New Urbanism
Developer Bob Turner talks about Habersham, the future of traditional neighborhood developments, and current development trends.
Better Cities & Towns Archive
The circus
Category: public open space. Subcategory: plazas and squares.
Subsequent pages will cover the urban circle and the rotary.
A circus is a...
America’s streets remain mean places for pedestrians
“In 2003, 4,827 Americans (11.3 percent of all traffic fatalities) died while crossing the street, walking to school or work, going to a bus stop, or...
Turning a hamlet into a village
The first traditional neighborhood development (TND) centered on a historic crossroads will serve as the heart of a sprawling suburb.
Cherry Hill...
The Reburbia contest by Dwell magazine and Inhabitat.com,
The Reburbia contest by Dwell magazine and Inhabitat.com, a design competition for reinventing the suburbs, is one clear case where the people are...
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The morbid and mortal toll of sprawl
The ‘elephant in the living room' of rising and preventable US traffic deaths and injuries is government-funded roads in drive-only places.
ROBERT STEUTEVILLE AUG. 26, 2016
