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Corner stores are the smallest and most useful type of retail—here's how to make them succeed.

A focus on one dimension ignores more important geographical aspects to public safety in a walkable city.

Parishioners of a historic church in Detroit want to develop eight vacant blocks with missing middle housing to build a church-centered community.

The La Fontana District, designed by Moule & Polyzoides, contrasts with sprawl and uncontrolled infill that has damaged the historic city of David, Panama. The plan won a merit award in the Emerging

Remaking healthy urban areas means repairing damage done to communities once blown apart to serve the automobile.

Corner stores are the smallest and most useful type of retail—here's how to make them succeed.

Corner stores are the smallest and most useful type of retail—here's how to make them succeed.

The physical and psychological toll of brutal commutes can be considerable.

The greater choice offered by well-connected street networks leads to more capacity and efficiency, according to pioneering smart growth engineer Walter Kulash.

Communities across North America are facing a watershed moment in the history of our transportation infrastructure. With cities, citizens, and transportation officials all looking for alternatives to

Seniors have the most to gain from pedestrian and cycling improvements—yet they often feel threatened by changes that provide alternatives to driving. Here are ways to include seniors in active

Walkable mixed-use neighborhoods help families build wealth—enough to help fund big-ticket items like college and retirement.

When someone walks along a street, they’re gone in a moment. But when they sit down to a meal, they might be there for an hour or more. Because of this, the sidewalk cafe is the most powerful tool to

Groundbreaking research presents credible estimates of the total parking supply in several American cities, and it's not pretty.

A new urban tool is designed help cities, planners, and developers with scenario planning.

The project inverts the usual relationship between car and human in land development.

As more retail moves into cities, the suburban boxes fronted by parking lots are giving way to more walkable designs.

Milwaukee's Park East Corridor, on the national stage this summer, ultimately changed how the city views itself.

Cities around the globe wrestle with how to reconcile local vernacular, technological change, and economic growth.

Corner stores are the smallest and most useful type of retail—here's how to make them succeed.

The show covers urbanism trends like why America is experiencing a dramatic rise in pedestrian deaths, while Europe is not.

Although Houston is famous for having no zoning, its land-use codes are nearly as complicated. Imminent revision of parking, dwelling, and lot size rules could trigger a wave of sorely needed missing

A pilot program proposed to fund the study and removal of highways in urban contexts, an idea of great interest to urbanists, has largely flown under the radar.

Your city or state just allowed—or is considering allowing—multiple units on every lot. Here are six tips for successful implementation of the Missing Middle.

Small changes to zoning bylaws are making a big difference in the Green Mountain State.

A national study shows strong demand for walkable urban development—cities with high rents perform surprisingly well on social equity measures.

A house plan catalog is designed to expedite construction of compact housing that fits the neighborhood context throughout the city.

Research shows that bicyclists prefer street trees, especially between the bicycle lanes and traffic.

Trees should be planted either in swales (on primarily residentail streets) or in tree wells (on Main Streets). Do not listen to “urban foresters,” who insist that trees must be planted in landscape

Here are 10 tactics to plan for better walkability with immediate implementation, improving safety and reviving a city center in the process.

As the retail market becomes less certain, mixed-use developers look to other ways to boost foot traffic and create a destination.

New Urbanism planning principles have been incorporated into comprehensive plans all across Texas, and this has begun to have real impacts on people and places.

Your city or state just allowed—or is considering allowing—multiple units on every lot. Here are six tips for successful implementation of the Missing Middle.

A walkable community is the most common term to describe the alternative to drive-only suburbia. Yet walking is so basic to human life that we often take it for granted. Perhaps a more inspiring term