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Weak transport links and low-density housing have made Britain’s urban hubs less pleasant places to live than their EU counterparts
Historic graves to be removed in government building programme to ease traffic congestion
Quiet residential streets and clean air should not be treated as luxuries
The story of the city as a centre for commerce and consumption has lessons for today’s urban planners
Car-centric infrastructure turned many into unwalkable wastelands. Planners now look to prewar cities to find inspiration for the future
Poor planning has left Glasgow intersected by highways that divide neighbourhoods and make travel without a car tricky
Authorities should design a scheme that protects vulnerable New Yorkers
From parking lots to parklets, the ideas that can reshape our urban spaces
The deserted streets of shutdown shocked us, but the 2,000-year-old capital is no stranger to overcoming disaster
From Detroit to Madrid, community green spaces are having a moment in the spotlight
Government needs to pay more attention to land for employment uses as logistics demand hoovers up UK sites
‘A city block with tarmac and concrete can be several degrees hotter than one with shady trees’
The city should not despair about its expulsion from Unesco’s World Heritage list but learn a development lesson
How cities have responded to Covid and are looking ahead to new realities. From reversing London’s pandemic exodus and rethinking the New York office to transport’s tricky way back and hospitality’s agile response. Plus the sporting comeback, the green energy drive and trouble in the department store
Forum: a greener ‘15-minute’, feminist city — can utopian urban dreams be made real?
Budapest’s anti-Beijing road signs may not stand the test of time
Shock by-election defeat cannot obscure the priority of building houses
In wake of Chesham and Amersham loss, MPs in southern England fear effect of opening more land to housebuilding
The idea that we have no land left for houses is absurd. We should base policy on demand, not “need”
Meet the men and women who are taking a stand by planting fast-growing mini forests on urban wasteland
British planning prioritises ease of rubbish collection over convivial communal spaces
A new project to light up Thames bridges is characteristic of changes that are transforming the city
Pandemic accelerates trends that could see vacant offices become residential towers
The government’s ‘radical’ planning overhaul does not touch the most rigid and unresponsive plank of the system
The pandemic has highlighted the importance of outdoor areas where people can gather with protection from the elements
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