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Why cities are unaffordable

Cities and towns would do better to focus on more effective regulations and find ways to make them as streamlined as possible.

6 Jan 24 2012 3:36pm
Regulations that promote sprawl are ebbing

The overall trend is toward a more place-based, character-based legal environment, according to one of the authors of the Codes Study.

4 Jan 20 2012 9:25am
Transit: Economic development for the 21st Century

Transit inserted into the heart of metro areas, near employment opportunities and with good planning, can help to bring us out of the economic malaise.

4 Apr 5 2011 6:10am
Conflating land-use regulation with smart growth

In a new report, anti-smart-growth zeolot Wendell Cox conflates restrictive land-use regulation, including large-lot zoning, with smart growth.

Nov 5 2010 3:31pm
Survey: Combine new code with activities and investment

A recent survey of US communities finds that Form-based codes started to take off noticeably in 2007, and the surge of adoptions continues today.

Mar 31 2010 11:00pm