Freiburg in Germany is much admired for its public transport systems and radical new developments such as Vauban. Dr Nicholas Falk reports back from a recent study tour..

Newcastle, suffering from the decline of traditional industries and competition from the out-of-town Metrocentre, set up the Newcastle Initiative to fight back.

Oxford has redeveloped its old coach station at Gloucester Green, creating in the process an attractive place to wait for buses or to change between long distance coaches and rural services. .

Gothenburg in Sweden has made the transition from the world's largest ship builder to a diversified city.

One of the most significant prefabricated housing schemes in the UK is likely to be the Millennium Village in Greenwich.

In Hulme, the development of Homes for Change, a block of 50 flats around a courtyard, has provided considerable inspiration for new forms of urban housing .

The Council has promoted a major scheme to improve links between the shopping centre and the railway station.

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road proposals were dropped in favour of traffic management, and Exeter was one of the first British cities to go for traffic calming.

Well-designed traffic calming schemes can restore towns to life.

Shropshire has been a pioneer in traffic measures to make towns more attractive to pedestrians. .

In Ramsgate traffic calming and street enhancements were a fundamental part of the strategy of reclaiming the town's elegant past. .

Borehamwood is one of a number of Hertfordshire towns that have been transformed by traffic calming and environmental enhancement measures..

Traffic congestion is a particular problem for historic cities like Oxford, where cars can spoil the experience for pedestrians, and building bypasses or relief roads is extremely difficult. .