Neighborhood electric vehicles offer a better local transportation option in light of climate threats, but the design of streets would...

An inspiring and free online book imagining a low-carbon future for America's towns and cities In a hoped-for future our collective...

Written with Mike Huston. Someday we may look back and wonder how we ever put up with breathing exhaust-filled air in our city streets.

Sprawl may surge for a time if we ignore the fundamental needs of human habitat. Commentators in the newspapers and social media are...

The growing popularity of e-bikes will fuel greater demand for better bicycling infrastructure. People will only get more frustrated that au

It’s About More than Friends and Families Articles in the popular press have suggested that there’s an epidemic of loneliness, that...

Urban Advantage images have evolved over the years, but the web site lagged. I've been creating photo-simulations of positive urban...

Can urban places make us healthier? Most animals, if given the right environment, have no difficulty being active. That’s what animals...

Development regulation is the new housing crisis culprit. Lately I’ve been reading articles that place the blame for America’s housing...

There are always good reasons for not doing the right thing. Years ago I served on the design review board (DRB) of my home town in the...

American zoning is a unique signature about our times. Form-based codes are a big improvement over conventional zoning, but that’s a hard...

A remarkable and growing body of literature is telling us that healthy communities need face-to-face interaction among their members,...

Zoning should knit communities together, not divide it. “Form-based codes aren’t cheap. If we keep the existing zoning map and add some...

Chattanooga sees shaping the form of its downtown as key to its future. Chattanooga’s form-based code is part of an innovative vision for...

The quality of fenestration on building facades is key to making public spaces social. How much of a building exterior is covered with...