Section 2.
Neighborhood-scale communities
TND: Hot trend in community design
Key projects
Table: New urbanist projects on a neighborhood scale in the US

Section 3.
Revitalizing cities and towns
Revitalizing cities with the New Urbanism
HUD adopts new urbanist principles
Bringing downtown back with design
Table: New urbanist infill development projects in the US

Section 4.
Planning and transit
TOD: an elusive concept finds practical application
Examples of transit villages nationwide
Table: New urbanist transit-oriented developments (selected
Principles of transit-oriented development
Table: General guidelines for TOD
Table: Guidelines for the mixed-use core of the TOD
Incorporating buses into the New Urbanism

Section 5
Main street retail
New urbanist retail development
The challenge of the stand-alone store
Main street groupings
Combining services and products in unique ways
New urbanist town centers
Small town centers
Large town centers
Creating a mix of local, regional, and national stores
Flex house goes mainstream
The function of live/work units
Flex unit types
Tips on new urbanist retail development
Retrofitting shopping malls
Table: New urbanist mall conversions
Large retailers shrink
New designs fit big boxes into main streets
Table: retail development in new urbanist projects
Traditional commercial districts: Portsmouth Design Guidelines

Section 6
The human-scale workplace
Employment centers that function like neighborhoods
Assembling the building blocks
Key issues relating to office parks and mixed-use centers
Table: New urbanist centers with significant employment components

Section 7
Civic Uses
Civic uses and the New Urbanism
Schools enliven neotraditional town centers
New urbanist school prototype
Bringing the post office downtown
Civic buildings from a legal perspective

Section 8
Designing streets for walkability and safety
TND transportation issues
Traditional neighborhood street design guidelines
Design matrix for commercial streets
Table: Commercial street design matrix
Narrow streets are the safest
Streets and fire trucks: designing streets for emergency response and neighborhood safety
Residential sprinkler systems
Kinetic energy and safet
Developers succeed with narrow streets
Traffic calming

Section 9
Local laws: challenges and solutions
Local laws accommodate human-scale neighborhoods
Table: Selected zoning and planning codes promoting New Urbanism
Case study: Austin, Texas
Case study: Fort Collins, Colorado
Overcoming impediments to implementation of the New Urbanism
Illinois codes prohibit New Urbanism
Table: Zoning barriers to compact development
Transect zoning: a new paradigm for land-use regulations
Developers face uphill battle without codes
The New Urbanism and taxes: some strategies

Section 10
Regulating the built form
Urban and architectural codes and pattern books
Going modern in Colorado
Seaside Code
Pattern book samples

Section 11
Legal Issues
Legal planning for new urbanist communities

Section 12
Charrettes: organization and techniques
The charrette process as an agent for change
A few helpful charrette technique
Notes on the conduct of charrettes

Section 13
Finding the market
Consistent market found for the New Urbanism
Consumers prefer the New Urbanism
Table: Consumer preferences
Philadelphia area study finds demand for compact development
Table: Optimal urban development programs in Philadelphia area study
Mixing housing types in TNDs
Table: Existing housing mix in selected NU projects
Table: Planned housing mix in selected NU projects
The importance of maintaining flexibility

Section 14
Finance: sources, strategies, and returns
Who is investing in new neighborhoods?
Table: US Development financing and portion allocated to TNDs
New Urbanism and conventional suburban development: a value comparison
Profitable infill: Trinity Heights case study
The need for patient investors
Mixed use is obstacle to financing, study finds

Section 15
Affordability: assessing and managing costs
Controlling the costs of TND infrastructure
Estimated capital required for TND
No frills New Urbanism
Tips for TNDs on a budget
Selling low to moderate priced housing in a TND
Siding and window considerations
Density makes New Urbanism cheaper
Affordability with style
Blending subsidized and market rate housing
Public sector combines affordability and new urbanist design

Section 16
Building it: concepts, methods, and materials
Three Ps of traditional home design: proportion, parking, and privacy
Materials and design details in new urbanist projects
Forming a builders guild
Using vinyl creatively
Builders consider vinyl, but upgrade
Production builders take the plunge
Garage design: attached or detached?
The 17 building types of traditional neighborhoods
Home plans for new urbanist neighborhoods
Vernacular styles: Portsmouth Design Guidelines

Section 17
Marketing new urbanist projects
New Urbanism marketing checklist
TND specialty marketing
Tips on marketing traditional neighborhood developments

Section 18
Sales: tracking the progress
New urbanist projects prove competitive
Table: Estimated premiums in new urbanist communities
Table: Home sales in selected new urbanist communities
Key product and pricing strategies for TNDs

Section 19
Building community
Track record in promoting community
Social interaction
Insights from the front porch
Celebration residents drive less, report quality of life benefits
Safety
Mixed-income, mixed-use: more than a dream
Building social capital through community support organizations
Cohousing meets the New Urbanism

Section 20
Design and environment
Measuring the environmental footprint of the New Urbanism
Impact evaluation tools
The New Urbanism and density
Sustainable development meets the New Urbanism
Design cuts through Atlanta’s smog
Study shows traditional development cuts stormwater runoff pollution
Reducing automobile use with neighborhood design
Sierra Club endorses new urbanist projects

Section 21
Smart growth
Smart growth movement allied to the New Urbanism
Maryland smart growth laws take hold
Other smart growth programs
Poll finds strong support for smart growth policies

Section 22
The New Urbanism in Canada and abroad
NU makes progress in Canada
Table: New urbanist development projects in Canada
New Urbanism abroad

Section 23
TND development tips
Keys to successful TND implementation
Pros and cons for builders attempting New Urbanism
Beware the pitfalls of the New Urbanism

Section 24
Hybrids: straddling the picket fence
Hybrids on the rise
There’s a hybrid in your future

Section 25
Criticism
Friends and foes debate the New Urbanism
Table: friends and foes of the New Urbanism: a snapshot

Section 25
Resources and contacts
Books
Other print resources
Electronic resources
Home plans
Multimedia resources
Education/research centers
Organizations
New urbanist practitioners
Developers

Index