We have designed every inch of our streets to compensates for the mistakes of drivers. But what about pedestrians?
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Chuck and Rachel talk about a recent controversial discussion on the Strong Towns Facebook page about suburban retrofit.
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Chuck and Rachel check in after a couple weeks away with updates on events and the Strong Towns movement.
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What's the relationship between easy lending and car ownership? And what sort of features do the auto bubble and the housing bubble have in common?
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Chuck and Rachel discuss several recent events in Traverse City and Chicago, as well as upcoming events in Brainerd, MN, Atlanta, GA and Calgary, AB.
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In this wide-reaching dialogue, Grace Potts, Elias Crim and Chuck Marohn contemplate how to build truly resilient communities where power rests in the hands of neighbors, and where economic prosperity is not the realm of the few, but shared by all.
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Rachel and Chuck discuss a recent webcast, upcoming events in Michigan and Illinois (including a member meetup with Strong Towns staff), and why our approaches to health care and infrastructure spending are remarkably similar and similarly messed up.
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In this podcast interview, Emily Hamilton of the Mercatus Center discusses the decline of affordable housing in America and how we can get it back.
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Chuck Marohn relates his misadventures in Oklahoma, and how some Strong Towns members and event hosts stepped up to help remedy the situation.
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"In a sense, the infrastructure bank is the state's credit card."
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Chuck and Rachel debrief on a recent trip to Asheville, NC with the team at Urban3.
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For one day in June, hundreds of artists, dozens of venues and tens of thousands of residents take part in a free, all-night art festival in the Twin Cities. Here's the story of Northern Spark.
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Muralist and community advocate, Pasqualina Azzarello, discusses her experience creating murals across the country and working with neighborhoods to use art for social change.
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Richard Florida discusses his newest book, gentrification, economic segregation and the future of the suburbs in this interview on the Strong Towns Podcast.
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Chuck and Rachel discuss upcoming events in Brainerd, MN and Asheville, NC, and recap the recent CNU25 in Seattle.
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"What is the problem for which transit is the solution?" "What does it mean for transit to work well?" Transit planning consultant Jarrett Walker shares his answers to some of the biggest transit questions.
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Leading New Urbanist voices interviewed on the Strong Towns podcast.
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Chuck and Rachel discuss upcoming Strong Towns events as part of the 25th Congress for the New Urbanism in Seattle this week.
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Does Amazon help towns become stronger or less strong? Kea Wilson and Chuck Marohn discuss.
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Chuck and Rachel discuss Chuck's packed event schedule including events in Eau Claire, WI and Omaha, NE last week, and one in Wabash, IN this week.
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