Alfred Melbourne sees farming as a chance to bring back land into productive use, feed neighbors, and help guide young people down a supportive path.
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Frontier Group’s Tony Dutzik comes onto the podcast today to talk about their annual “Highway Boondoggles” report. In light of last year’s infrastructure bill, just how much funding is being wasted on highway expansion?
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The Ontario government has stated that the province will need 100,000 new construction workers and 1.5 million homes over the next decade…and industry leaders aren’t feeling optimistic about it.
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A new, state-wide law in California has ended some parking minimums in response to climate concerns. But what’s been left unsaid in this seemingly big step toward parking reform?
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Many local governments have taken on a “the customer is always right” mindset, but that’s simply not the best approach, especially for decisions that should be made at the block level.
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A recent article from The Wall Street Journal claims that land must be positioned in a very specific way to support more development. What’s the Strong Towns take on this?
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Sarah Cipkar created a tool to help people navigate the ADU process in Canada.
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Kansas City is known for its beautiful fountains, but Parks and Rec says the city doesn’t have the funds to maintain this source of civic pride.
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How does the suburban development pattern present itself in a smaller island space, versus in the contiguous United States?
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Mayor Erin Stewart is helping create a brighter future for New Britain, CT.
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For seven weeks Jackson’s residents had to bear the brunt of a failing water system, and unfortunately it was bound to happen.
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Norm Van Eeden Petersman is the new member advocate at Strong Towns, as well as the leader of a Local Conversation group in Delta, BC.
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A recent Atlantic piece paints e-bikes as an awkward, doomed-to-fail mashup of the motorcycle and the bicycle. What’s the Strong Towns take?
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Emma Durand-Wood is a Strong Towns member who is a leader in her neighborhood association and a big advocate for street trees in Winnipeg.
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Strong Towns member Spencer Gardner is the new planning director for the city of Spokane, WA, and he’s been helping his city take action on important housing issues.
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Today 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.
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This engineer has been a Strong Towns advocate and member for a decade.
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America’s first experiment with charging a toll to enter a congested urban area is going to begin in New York City next year.
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Amy Stelly is advocating to remove a harmful highway in her New Orleans neighborhood.
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Why is it that in the U.S. and Canada, we're always being told that we can't justify the ridership for transit projects? And why is it that when we do build transit, it struggles to gain riders?
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