Smart growth policy

On the 16th anniversary of the signing of the 27 principles of the Charter of the New Urbanism, many will be pleased to know that a revised edition of the book based on those principles is in process.

For engineering, planning, and housing officials, the mantra should be: Always Add Value.

Walkable, dense, Alexandria, Virginia, laid out by George Washington, represents much of what Cox apparently dislikes about planning. Its values have held up better than those in the low-density suburbs.

On Tax Day, here's an analysis on property taxes, the kind of taxes that cities and towns rely on most. Density and mixed-use — not parking lots — yield the most revenue by far.

Every so often, the pro-highway consultant pops out to declare all land-use and development problems to be the product of smart growth.

A New York CNU program asks how the US can get better urban development, but the answers seem elusive.

The District of Columbia's planning director is making a more walkable, bikable city. Don't even think about expressway expansions.

A new 429-page paperback, The Built Environment and Public Health, by Russell P. Lopez, tells how community design and other facets of the built environment affect people’s health. The book, organized primarily with students in mind, points out that “for several decades, public health and urban planning were distinct and separate.”

A Connecticut official tells how economic innovation and transit-oriented development can work together.

I want to redirect your efforts from economic hunting to economic gardening. I want to grow jobs locally, not import them.

Stripe the streets and respect the neighborhood! — a list of Strong Town strategies.

A tenant-to-tenant talk can show potential urban office renters that they'll do just fine with less parking.