Traffic studies read like dry, technocratic products that follow some scientific process. In reality, they often use selective data and unrealistic projections to promote road projects with the veneer of technical expertise.
Read MoreThe Strong Towns movement defies political categorization, and that can be confounding for some. Here’s a response by Autonorama’s Peter Norton to a recent conversation about Strong Towns’ political leanings (or lack thereof).
Read MoreMore and more transportation agencies are incorporating the use of police crash reports to determine empirically if a road is safe. Here’s why that doesn’t work.
Read MoreTxDOT’s inertia in response to this series of crashes in Killeen, TX, exhibits just how narrowly transportation agencies view their commitment to road safety.
Read MoreHow should engineers be thinking about building wealth in communities? That’s just one of the questions Chuck Marohn asks of Ian Lockwood, a recognized national leader in sustainable transportation policy and urban design.
Read MoreAs traditional highway expansions are put on pause around the country, professionals and policymakers have an opportunity to move forward with a better approach. This book shows them how.
Read MoreIf all a nation can provide are civil engineers who are given a crash course in transportation studies, what do we get?
Read MoreIn this Strong Towns Podcast, listen to the latest update on our lawsuit agains the Minnesota board of engineering licensure and the oral arguments made in front of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Read More…At least, according to the transportation professionals who advance harmful infrastructure projects in the communities they’re supposed to serve.
Read MoreMDOT’s M.O.: create deadly streets, and then blame drivers for high traffic death rates.
Read MoreHere’s the latest on our ongoing legal action against the Minnesota board of engineering licensing—now officially Minnesota v. Marohn.
Read MoreMoDOT recently put out a tweet celebrating the 50-year anniversary of a highway that tore up Kansas City’s downtown. Here are just some of the (rightfully) angry reactions they got.
Read MoreEngineers who work on municipal infrastructure need to stop ubiquitously describing their projects as “improvements”—especially when the project is actually harmful, not helpful.
Read MoreTraffic engineers in Canada wear an iron pinky ring as a reminder of their responsibility to public safety. So why, then, do they routinely make street design choices that kill people every day?
Read MoreSpringfield took a step forward in fixing this deadly stroad…but Department of Public Works officials are forcing the city to take two steps back again.
Read MoreAll truth passes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. We’re at the second stage in the case of engineering reform.
Read MoreToday on Upzoned, Strong Towns Founder and President Chuck Marohn and Program Director Rachel Quednau discuss updates on the Strong Towns lawsuit, and how we got here.
Read MoreThe Minnesota board of engineering licensure tried to silence a reform-minded engineer—and in response, other engineers are standing up and making themselves heard.
Read MoreThe Minnesota licensing board has essentially issued a warning to professional engineers: Stay in line or you will face attack by colleagues who disagree with you.
Read MorePointing out the emperor’s nakedness doesn’t make you very popular in the emperor’s court. That’s not going to stop us from pointing out gross negligence in the engineering profession when we see it.
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