Sprawl
Form-Based Codes Mean More Sustainable Cities
New research shows that prioritizing building "form" over their use leads to more sustainable cities.
July 8, 2025
Friday Video: Reining in the Sprawl
Some cities are shifting toward eco-friendly housing. Here are some lessons.
June 6, 2025
How the Private Self-Driving Car Might Change How We Live
Personally-owned AVs may challenge our definitions of time and space — and this author worries that it will not end well.
May 7, 2025
Music City Meltown: Nashville Needs Transit-Oriented Development
The Tennessee capital needs better transit and zoning changes if it is going to prosper, a new report shows.
April 21, 2025
How America Can Reconnect Its Neighborhoods Before the Next Climate Catastrophe
America is replete with sprawling, disconnected neighborhoods that send residents out of their way by design. A new study explores just how bad it is — and what we can do about it.
January 21, 2025
President Sprawl? What’s With Pols Talking About Developing Federal Land?
The federal government's job should be "to make sure that all people have the choice of living in the community that they choose and that they’re able to afford to live there,” said one activist.
October 22, 2024
Study: We Can Build Our Way out of Climate Change
Cities can dramatically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by rezoning single-family housing areas for denser, mixed-use developments.
September 27, 2024
Should Communities That Suppress Housing Lose Their Road Funding?
A Colorado bill would require sprawling cities to take action to increase their affordable housing supply before they collect money to build more roads — and some want to take it national.
February 26, 2024
Talking Headways Podcast: Texas Highway Tangle
Why is there no affordable housing in Austin? The Texas DOT is a big force pushing for sprawl, a journalist finds.
October 6, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Let’s Go to the Mall With Alexandra Lange!
This week: architecture journalist Alexandra Lange talks about her book, Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall, plus the evolution of the enclosed shopping center, equity, legal implications, and of course, zombies. It's a one-of-a-kind episode!
August 4, 2022
