Communities are More Frequently Adopting Zoning Codes to Improve Walkability – CNU Public Square
- GVF TMA
- May 6
- 1 min read
At the beginning of this century, just a handful of form-based codes (FBC) had been adopted nationwide. Conventional zoning, separating uses and housing types, was standard in US cities and towns.
A new analysis of more than 2,000 zoning codes across the US using artificial intelligence (AI) reveals “widespread adoption” of FBC principles and language—beyond what new urbanists may have suspected.
“An AI-based Analysis of Zoning Reforms in US Cities,” by Emily Talen of the University of Chicago and Arianna Salazar-Miranda of Yale University, shows that 89 percent of codes have any form-coding, 72 percent have a moderate FBC adoption, and 33 percent—about a third—have strong adoption.
