Charles Marohn
Charles Marohn (known as “Chuck” to friends and colleagues) is the founder and president of Strong Towns and the bestselling author of “Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis.” With decades of experience as a land use planner and civil engineer, Marohn is on a mission to help cities and towns become stronger and more prosperous. He spreads the Strong Towns message through in-person presentations, the Strong Towns Podcast, and his books and articles. In recognition of his efforts and impact, Planetizen named him one of the 15 Most Influential Urbanists of all time in 2017 and 2023.
Making better use of what we have already built is a hyper-local undertaking, one done at the block level.
It is the experiences of real people that should guide our planning efforts. Their actions are the data we should be collecting, not their stated preferences.
The closing of the mall’s anchor store exposes how fragile the community’s business model is, providing an opening to shift approach.
What a children's book can teach us about land value.
Step-by-step growth built our greatest cities. So why do we keep reaching for silver bullets instead?
We can make low risk, high returning investments in our cities while improving the quality of life for people, particularly those who are not benefiting from the current approach.
Problems have solutions. Predicaments have outcomes. We're in a predicament.
The United States spends a lot of money on infrastructure. So then why is most of it failing?
Respected economists know that investing in infrastructure clearly makes us richer. It's obvious. No further discussion needed... Respected economists are wrong.
What combination of increase in private investment and downsizing of public investment will give my city a private to public investment ratio of 30:1?
When transportation professionals shrug off recurring dangers, they signal that preventable deaths are acceptable collateral.