In a solo podcast, Chuck talks about the articles he wrote on Smart Growth and sprawl (first and second) and why he doesn't use either term in describing himself or the Strong Towns movement.

Podcast, Marohn, Top StoryStrong TownsMay 12, 2016Smart Growth, sprawl

Small Airport Madness

The silly saga of getting water to my local airport is a case study in the failure of orderly but dumb project development.

Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnMay 9, 2016Fire Departments, water, growth, minnesota

Organized Complexity

Jane Jacobs was actually more about how to think than what to do.

Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnMay 5, 2016jane jacobs, nassim taleb, complex systems

Import Replacement

Many people associate Jacobs with a love of walkable neighborhoods, urban parks and historic buildings. What they fail to grasp is that these are means to an end, not the end itself.

End the Fed?

Jane Jacobs was a courageous intellectual wanderer who truly knew no limits.

Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnMay 3, 2016federal government, Federal Reserve, jane jacobs

Jane Jacobs Week

Jane Jacobs repeatedly challenges us to embrace the complex -- the ballet -- and not just that which is simple and easy to code.

MarohnCharles MarohnMay 2, 2016mixed use, jane jacobs

What are you doing, Maine?

Maine's response to a serious road maintenance funding emergency is to cling to AASHTO’s archaic code book while projecting a value system of improve, Improve, IMPROVE, even going so far as to assume massive traffic increases where there is little traffic today.

Top Story, MarohnCharles MarohnApril 27, 2016Maine, highway spending, local government, engineers, traffic engineering

Deck Chairs on the Titanic

Proposed changes to federal rules on congestion mitigation reaffirm that real responses to the complex problems we face will only come from our cities, towns and neighborhoods.

MarohnCharles MarohnApril 25, 2016local government, federal government, roads, traffic engineering, congestion, stroad, safety

Follow the Rules, Bikers

We need to stop accommodating bikers and pedestrians within an auto-dominated environment and instead do the opposite.

MarohnCharles MarohnApril 21, 2016bike lanes, cycling, Complete Streets, urban design

The sprawl conversation

Chuck Marohn responds to critiques of his essay, Sprawl is not the Problem.

The Savannah Urbanism Series

Here's a video featuring Chuck Marohn, Joe Minicozzi and Kevin Klinkenberg from an event earlier this year in Savannah. The extended Q&A is a must-watch.

Top Story, Marohn, Curbside ChatCharles MarohnApril 18, 2016urban3, georgia

Sprawl Is Not the Problem

I encourage you all to stop using the word sprawl. It doesn't accurately describe the problem, it prevents us from getting to real responses and it unnecessarily divides the national dialog in ways that are unhelpful.

MarohnCharles MarohnApril 18, 2016sprawl, traditional development pattern, suburban experiment, Smart Growth, new york

The Role of the Strong Citizen

Strong Citizens may not all be qualified to size a support beam or write the specification for a concrete mixture, but they collectively are the greatest sensors of what is happening in a city.

Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnApril 15, 2016local government

Influences: Andres Duany

Andres Duany is a perpetual motion machine of thoughts and ideas, the intellectual leader of a movement that -- without exaggeration -- has changed the way the world is built.

Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnApril 6, 2016Influencers