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Study Measures Street Connectivity for Evidence of Sprawl's Decline

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds evidence of the decline of sprawl as the dominant form of construction in the United States and attracted lots of media attention in the process.

June 16, 2015 - Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences

Stockholm Complete Street

Increased Street Connectivity Improves Public Health Outcomes

A new study, "Community Design, Street Networks, and Public Health" published in the Journal of Transport & Health finds that increased local street connectivity improves public health outcomes, apparently by encouraging more walking and cycling.

August 12, 2014 - Denver Business Journal

Researchers Link Density, Destinations to Active Transportation Habits

What, exactly, makes a neighborhood walkable? A new study published in the science journal PLOS-ONE begins to answer that question.

February 8, 2014 - Streetsblog USA

Bjarke Ingels' Architectural Response To 'Singularity'

Joerg Haentzschel interviews the young architect Bjarke Ingels. Through offices now established in Copenhagen and New York, Ingels is slowly pushing his 'pragmatic utopian architecture' into the mainstream.

January 16, 2012 - 032C

New Urbanists Say They Missed an Opportunity in Virginia's New Street Rules

Virginia recently announced new rules governing the connectivity and width of streets. Some new urbanists bemoan that they may have muffed an opportunity to make the new standards even better.

April 26, 2009 - New Urban News

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