It's time to turn our focus toward federal housing policy and the way it distorts the market. If you're frustrated about the lack of choice in housing, issues of affordability, gentrification and blight, you're going to want to pay attention.
Read MoreThe city of Bismarck, ND is struggling with how to pay for miles and miles of unproductive transportation investments. The North Dakota Watchdog Network -- that has put forth ten questions they would like to see answered as part of this dialogue.
Read MoreAmerica's pre-Depression development pattern relied on exploitation of workers, poor living conditions and exclusion of women and minorities from power in order to function. How is the Strong Towns approach, which advocates for traditional development patterns, different?
Read MoreHere in one commercial is everything that is wrong with our economy.
Read MoreWhile Memphis is home to many case studies on chaotic but smart development, it also has one of the poster childs for orderly but dumb, that of course being the Memphis pyramid.
Read MoreIt's possible that large parts of Flint could be served with really high quality water for drinking and sanitation at a fraction of the cost while preserving the existing, lead-infested system for fire fighting purposes only.
Read MoreLet's not turn our backs on the wage earners of this country but actually try to understand why they are getting the worst deal of all from the Suburban Experiment.
Read MoreConcluding remarks and steps forward after a week of #NoNewRoads.
Read MoreLet's stop pretending we can do scalpel work on our neighborhoods with huge Washington budgets and bureaucracy.
Read More5 steps to tackle transportation funding insolvency.
Read MoreThe Suburban Experiment creates an illusion of wealth early on, which makes it very seductive. As a city like Baxter, MN enters the second life cycle and all of the dispersed systems that came with the growth now need costly maintenance, the seductive illusion is slowly destroyed.
Read MoreA twisted look at the twisted federal transportation bill.
Read MoreIt is one thing to have the freedom to drive; quite another to have no other option. America has long passed the point of diminishing returns with our approach to funding transportation. That is why this week we are focusing on #NoNewRoads.
Read MoreI advocate for a 20 mph speed limit. I believe that, where such a speed limit is called for -- anywhere where we anticipate automobiles will be in the proximity of humans outside of a vehicle -- it is the responsibility of the engineer to design the street so that only a handful of deviants exceed the desired speed.
Read MoreA sophisticated set of questions a city should be asking when they are looking at doing a major project.
Read MoreGreat leaders surround themselves with as many ideas as possible. They seek out conflicting views. They consider all sides of an issue, not superficially for appearances but because they fear not knowing more than they fear appearing to not know.
Read MoreChange will always be less scary for those who don't have enough life experience to fear it.
Read MoreThe Iowa DOT Director acknowledges that we've built more highways and bridges than we will maintain. The system is going to shrink.
Read MoreThis fall, Chuck was part of a debate with Randal O’Toole – the self-identified Antiplanner from the Cato Institute – in Lafayette, Louisiana. Here's the video and Chuck's reflections on the experience.
Read MoreOur national transportation obsession has been about maximizing the amount that you can drive. We now need to focus on minimizing the amount you are forced to drive.
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