The Strong Towns team got together recently and used some of Minneapolis’s public transit. Here’s our reflections from that experience.
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The environmental groups suing Minneapolis to block implementation of its groundbreaking 2040 Plan have a limited understanding of environmentalism, but a keen grasp of how to slow down policy reform.
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This interactive map allows you to view just how much space is being wasted in your city (and in the rest of the U.S.) on parking lots.
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Let’s step back and evaluate the status of some recent, high-profile zoning reforms.
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Minneapolis made waves when it ended single-family zoning. Yet the devil’s in the details—and some of the details that will make or break this policy are being decided right now.
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Last November, Minneapolis made duplexes and triplexes legal on any residential lot—an achievement that became a model for other towns and cities. Let’s check in.
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The neighborhoods that are the epicenters of unrest in Minneapolis this week are also places of remarkable compassion, initiative, and a fierce loyalty to community.
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Locals call it “the worst planning mistake in Minneapolis history.” Now that it’s going away, what must planners (and the public) do to avoid replacing it with another one?
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Do the new guidelines go too far, not far enough, or are they just right (for now)?
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When property near water holds a higher value than landlocked properties, we call it the “lake effect.” How can this be used to build a stronger, healthier community?
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Minneapolis just became the first major U.S. city to embrace a key Strong Towns principle: every neighborhood should be allowed to evolve to the next increment of development.
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What if we moved beyond temporary "open streets" events and used what we learned there to make lasting changes to our street design?
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Why should someone's ability to hyper-conveniently store their vehicle be more important than someone's ability to get to their destination?
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This is the beauty of tactical urbanism: even in its failures, you find success.
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The skywalks are an exclusive zone that cost millions of dollars to create and have siphoned business and activity away from the streets. Now some cities are trying to bring pedestrians back onto the street and make better use of the existing public sidewalks.
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Combining the small-scale developer model with the co-op model, the Northeast Investment Cooperative brings neighbors together to collectively invest in local properties for as little as $1,000 per person.
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The silly saga of getting water to my local airport is a case study in the failure of orderly but dumb project development.
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Thirty-seven years ago, some idiot decided to build a Kmart and accompanying monstrous parking lot right in the middle of a major street in the heart of the city, deadening any life on the street. Now it's finally going away.
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None of the incentives for a productive development pattern are there to make it happen. We're just throwing more money at failure. Why?
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New York is frequently painted as the ideal city by urbanists, and this has resulted in a lot of justifiable skepticism from others. Here are some ways New York City’s big ideas can scale down to mid-size cities and small towns.
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