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Redding, CA: Confessions Book Tour Event

  • Shasta Living Streets 1313 California Street Redding, CA, 96001 United States (map)

Charles Marohn, Strong Towns President, will be giving a Confessions of a Recovering Engineer presentation in Redding, CA on November 9, 2021.

This event is hosted by APA Cascade Division and Shasta Living Streets

LOCATION: Shasta Living Streets   |   DATE: November 9, 2021   |   TIME: 6:30pm PST

Gather any time after 5:00pm PST to have a drink and meet with friends.

Charles will be giving his Confessions of a Recovering Engineer presentation, where he will lift the curtain on America’s transportation system in his newest book of the same name. In this book tour presentation, Marohn demonstrates how the values of engineers and other transportation professionals are applied in the design process, and how those priorities differ from the values of the general public. By showing how transportation investments are a means to an end and not an end unto themselves, Marohn reveals how the standard approach to issues like fighting congestion, addressing speeding, and designing intersections only makes transportation problems worse, at great cost in terms of both safety and resources. By contrast, the Strong Towns approach to transportation focuses on bottom-up techniques for spending less and getting higher returns, all while improving quality of life for residents of a community.

***Seating is limited in the indoor space. For everyone’s safety at this time, proof of vaccination and a government-issued photo ID is required to attend. PARKING: Secure bike parking is available onsite. Plenty of car parking is available within one block of the event location.

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