Meet the urban design theory rethinking life in the city.

The developers of Culdesac Tempe, a $200 million mixed-use community without cars or parking, are looking to export their design model to other cities.

It’s another Friday to leave the car at home. The Downtown Stratford Business Improvement Area is inviting everyone to take part in their Car Free […]

Once a month, Paris Breathes! In addition to the Avenue des Champs-Elysées, the first 4 arrondissements are going green and car-free, eliminating motor vehicles for one day. Next event: Sunday, October 1, 2023.

Pedestrianizing America’s main street, Pennsylvania Avenue, would be the ultimate demonstration for the District, the nation, and the world that driving is not essential for a desirable, thriving neighborhood.

“From the get go, 2900 Larimer was a magical block to shut down,” said Ratio Beerworks co-owner Jason ZumBrunnen.

The open streets of the pandemic reclaimed public space for pedestrians and bicyclists. From Bogotá to New York to Stockholm, some of those changes have become permanent.

Two key politicians have already signaled support for a still-faraway "Grand...

New York just got more room to celebrate the holidays this year — well, only on Sundays.

In 2018, Milan launched its Open Squares initiative, using paint and planters, benches and ping-pong tables to reclaim public space.

Cars? In this economy? Here’s how four cities took back miles of pavement from cars, making a popular pandemic solution into a permanent fixture.

The busy, roundabout intersection is a pain point for drivers and pedestrians alike.

Maybe this will silence the skeptics.

Open Streets Program

By promoting outdoor dining, the city’s Open Streets program has helped some eating and drinking establishments survive the pandemic, a new report finds.

The share of journeys made by car in the city has fallen by nearly half, and the trend is only accelerating.

During European Mobility Week 2022, Brussels instituted a car-free Sunday, allowing citizens to experience the city with public transport and cycling. The move led to a 90% drop in car pollution and 8..

Business improvement district asks for further study after fatal hit-and-run.

Europe is engaged in an ongoing transportation revolution that aims to simultaneously reduce greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and noise pollution, while increasing livability in urban areas, including the implementation of designs for “15-minute cities,” where daily necessities are located mere steps away from homes.

A broad survey, possible solutions displayed on screens, inspirational walks, tables of future and a Citizen’s Assembly – this is how the Belgian city of Leuven has co-created a new mobility plan for its Kessel-Lo borough, putting citizens at the heart of the transformation. The plan gives priority to pedestrians, reduces car traffic and encourages […]

A video of construction shows the public spaces taking shape at the innovative Culdesac Tempe, in Arizona. Designer: “Car-free is the future of New Urbanism.”

As part of a wider plan to slash traffic, the city center is pushing out the car to ‘make space for people.’

There are many excellent, best practice, sustainable transport cities in Europe. A shining example is Gothenburg, Sweden, and what it tells us about what can be

Historical reports from the Regional Plan Association show that car-free streets is an idea almost as old as automobiles themselves.

Even the capital of Albania has more school streets per capita than New York City.

Pontevedra banned cars decades before most cities started to think about reclaiming streets for pedestrians.

The site will have 5,000 new apartments—along with schools and stores that all residents can walk to.

Half of Milan’s 1.35 million residents are now within walking distance of new public space, much of it reclaimed from cars through the judicious placement of planters and the bold and expansive application of paint, an easily reversible city makeover technique known as “tactical urbanism.”

Streets have been optimised for one thing: traffic. A kind of ‘urban rewilding’ could return them to the complex social ecosystems they once were

Last summer, we started organizing block parties. We applied for a permit from the city, and blocked off either end of our street to through traffic, setting up folding tables and chairs on the str…