Urban Planning

Houston's Having an Urban Revolution. Catch Up With This Reading List.

Our roundup of articles and books that capture the magnitude of the changes facing Bayou City.

To Thrive, Cities Must Figure Out How to Make "Thick" Infrastructure

Underutilized spaces present the chance to reconnect neighborhoods, offer new transportation options and encourage physical activity.

How the "Missing Middle" Can Make Neighborhoods More Walkable

One designer argues that housing like the duplex can save cities.

Are Houston’s Transportation and Urban Revolutions here to Stay?

Linking citizen-advocates, transportation officials and public officials is big first step.

Oil Prices Are Down. So Why Does Houston’s Population Keep Going Up?

Sunbelt cities account for most of the U.S. growth population according to new census figures.

American Urbanists Fawn Over European Cities. They Should Pay More Attention to Canada.

Sure, Barcelona and Copenhagen are beautiful. But it might make more sense for Americans to study Ottawa and Toronto.

How Atlanta Decided It Can’t Out Suburb the Suburbs

Atlanta's planning department is pursuing a zoning overhaul that would alter the character of the famously sprawling place.

Houston's Transit Guru on the City's Moment in the Sun

An interview with Christof Spieler, who may understand transit better than anyone else in Houston.

Local Governments Are Inefficient. Here Are Four Ways to Fix Them.

Most American cities are either too big or too small to serve the people who live in them in a cost-effective manner.

Redeveloping the East End: Catalyst for Sustainable Transitions

This report provides recommendations for sustainable development in the East End neighborhood.

5 Things to Know about Houston's New Bike Plan

The plan would create hundreds of miles of new bikeways.

The Furor Over Artsy Crosswalks Misses a Broader Point About Safety

If we're just relying on the white lines of a crosswalk to protect pedestrians, we're in big trouble.

What Scalia Meant For Land-Use Planning

Thirty years ago, in his first big majority opinion -- a land-use case from the California coast -- Antonin Scalia found the colorful and irreverent style that came to distinguish his career on the Supreme Court

The Fight Against “The New Exclusionary Zoning”

What happens when not just neighborhoods but entire cities become gentrified?

Market-Based Zoning Needed During the Age of the "Sharing" Economy

As the sharing economy takes hold, it may be time to embrace a new type of zoning.