New Urbanism is strongly influenced by urban design practices that were prominent until the rise of the automobile prior to World War II; it encompasses ten basic principles such as traditional neighborhood design (TND) and transit-oriented development (TOD).
新都市主義受到二戰前的汽車興起之前的主流城市設計實踐的強烈影響；它包含十個基本原則，如傳統鄰里社區設計（traditional neighborhood design, TND）和公共交通导向型开发（TOD）。