The Bottom-Up Revolution Is... Stopping a Harmful Highway Project

Robin Roemer worked with neighbors to successfully stop a highway project next to his child’s school in San Jose, CA.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 7, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, success stories, highways, schools, podcast

2022 Strongest Town Final Four: Voting (Now Closed)

Who will move on to the championship round next week? Their fate is in your hands!

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Designing Homes that Work for Everyone

Rosemarie Rossetti is an author, speaker, and leader in the field of universal design.

Our Fragile System Runs on Cheap Oil

Every time gasoline and oil prices spike, Americans panic—but don’t do anything to change the system. This is a cycle that cannot continue.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 16, 2022podcast, fragility, cars, car dependency, transportation, upzoned

Triple Threat: National Experts Destroy “Reckless Driving” Narrative

Jessie Singer, Jason Slaughter, and Chuck Marohn join together in this must-listen episode of The Politics of Everything to explain why people keep dying on our roads.

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is... A Special Update Episode

Wondering what our past podcast guests are up to? We checked in with four of them to hear about their progress.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 10, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, incrementalism, success stories, podcast

Can a Houstonian Approach to Homelessness Work in L.A.?

L.A. is facing an increasing problem with homelessness. Can it learn something from the efforts of another large Sunbelt city?

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 9, 2022podcast, housing, housing crisis, upzoned, texas, homeless, home buyer, california

“How Can My Town *Not* Be Wealthy When There’s Been So Much Growth?”

Let's talk about some core Strong Towns concepts: complexity, incrementalism, fragility, and more!

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Using Communicative Planning

Shelley Denison is a city planner in Sandy, OR, who views planning as a relationship between residents and leaders.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMarch 3, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, missing middle, urban planning

Annamarie Pluhar: Shared Housing Doesn't Have to Be Scary

It’s time we embraced co-housing as a viable solution for both affordable housing and social isolation.

Podcast, Marohn, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 28, 2022housing, housing crisis, co-housing, podcast

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Building Bus Stop Benches

The Asheville Bench Project is a grassroots, “small-bet” approach to making Asheville a little more people-friendly.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 24, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, seating, bus, public transportation

Blaming Drivers for the Mistakes of Traffic Engineers

Since the start of the pandemic, traffic deaths have increased, despite the fact that fewer people are driving. Why do we continue to blame this on drivers, instead of faulty road design?

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 23, 2022podcast, upzoned

The Latest Update on the Strong Towns Lawsuit

Recent documentation casts a disturbing new light on the Minnesota Board of Licensure’s attempts to discredit the Strong Towns movement.

Podcast, Marohn, Engineering Reform, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 21, 2022engineering ethics, podcast

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Forming a Community Land Trust

Rebecca McQuillen and Rodger Kube are helping stabilize a neighborhood and create homeownership opportunities.

Free (Rural) Land: Any Takers?

These small towns in Kansas are offering land and housing at a steal in an attempt to fortify their shrinking tax bases. What does this mean for the future of rural America?

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 16, 2022podcast, rural, small towns, housing crisis, upzoned, kansas

Truth in Accounting: Making Cities' Finances Transparent for All

Citizens can’t make informed decisions if they don’t know the financial condition of their government. This nonpartisan nonprofit is making those numbers both available and transparent.

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Turning a Historic Synagogue into a Community Cultural Center

Rabbi Donna Berman leads a community center serving neighbors in Hartford, CT.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 10, 2022taking action, The Bottom-Up Revolution, education, children, revitalization, homeless

Where Does Cohousing Fit in the Housing Ecosystem?

When her marriage of 17 years ended, this now-single mother found herself without a home in an expensive city. The solution she found? Co-housing with two other single parents.

Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsFebruary 9, 2022podcast, co-housing, housing, housing affordability, homeowners, upzoned, home buyer

Jeff Speck on Confessions of a Recovering Engineer

This week we’ve got a special treat: both the video and audio from a conversation between Chuck Marohn and renowned urban planner and walkability expert Jeff Speck.