Deborah Myerson

Chicago's new Millennium Park contains a "generosity of spirit" that charms visitors and inspires faith in the future of cities.

To guide the architectural quality of new development, communities are embracing form-based design codes as a more effective tool than conventional zoning.

The Indianapolis area could see the region's first rapid-transit line as soon as 2011, serving as many as 20,000 to 30,000 people on a Northeast route that will connect Hamilton County with downtown.

Rising gas prices got you down? Cheap fuel for your car may be as close as the deep fryer at your local diner.

Is low-density development, a.k.a. sprawl, really more costly than more compact development? Wendell Cox and Joshua Utt of The Heritage Foundation question the assumptions behind the popularity of "smart growth."