A graduate of The King's College and former journalist, Tiffany Owens Reed is a New Yorker at heart, currently living in Texas. In addition to writing for Strong Towns and freelancing as a project manager, she reads, writes, and curates content for Cities Decoded, an educational platform designed to help ordinary people understand cities. Explore free resources here and follow her on Instagram @citiesdecoded.
As an advocate, it’s easy to feel discouraged when you can’t prompt any big changes in your community, or even among your loved ones. Be patient: Just as many small actions can help cities grow incrementally stronger, the small impacts you have on others can lead to big changes over time.
If offered the choice between paid and free parking, many people would probably choose the latter. But free parking may be creating more problems than it’s worth.
It’s hard for people to be excited about something they’ve never experienced before. How can we use positive experiences to change that?
Rethinking car culture is easier once we more broadly measure what we’re giving up.
High home prices are compelling young adults to create less conventional living arrangements.
An initiative that encourages people to use a bike instead of a car seems like a good thing, but does National Bike to Work Day actually encourage bikeability?