New Urbanists Convene in "Sprawlanta" Seeking Solutions to "Bright Flight"

Musician David Byrne joins the HUD secretary and transportation specialists in an effort to reinvigorate city centers.

I'm in Atlanta this week for the annual Congress of the New Urbanism. Founded 30 years ago by the husband-and-wife architects Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, the practice of New Urbanism stresses dense, walkable, diverse communities -- created and enforced by strict master planning -- over the familiar free-for-all of auto-driven sprawl.

We need more of it...