Advocates say promoting EVs is a key step toward addressing climate change. But what if it’s actually a distraction from an underlying issue: the suburban development pattern?
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What could it look like to have a USDOT committed to reversing course from the mistakes of the freeway era?
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You’re invited to an exclusive interactive show with Strong Towns members and staff.
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Who will move on to the championship round next week? Their fate is in your hands!
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Many critiques of “boxy buildings” focus on aesthetics. But the big problem isn’t so much the shape as the scale.
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A proposed new “diverging diamond” interchange in Massachusetts is being sold as pedestrian-friendly. In truth, it is a profoundly pedestrian-hostile design.
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Not only did car culture change how we build cities, it changed how (and how often) we encounter other people.
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The fate of mom-and-pop stores in New York City, the diverging diamond interchange proposed for suburban Boston, and how Evanston, Illinois is taking some concrete action on reparations. These are just a few of the stories Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.
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The votes are in! Who is advancing to the semifinal round?
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Strong Towns member Michael Smith and colleague Aaron Holverson are working to make Rockford, IL a more economically resilient place.
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We’re pleased to welcome the newest member of the Strong Towns team!
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The winter took a brutal toll on American small businesses. Here’s a look at what small businesses are facing now, and how you can help.
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Having trouble deciding who to vote for in Round 2? Four Strong Towns members weigh in on what’s to love and learn from some of the eight remaining cities.
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Budget shortfalls are pressuring transit agencies to do what they should’ve been doing all along: put to productive use the land they own around their stations.
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Google’s Sidewalk Labs pulled out of Toronto’s Quayside project. But does Toronto’s new vision for the project really put people at the center?
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Having trouble deciding who to vote for in Round 2? Four Strong Towns members weigh in on what’s to love and learn from some of the eight remaining cities.
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La mayoría de los vecindarios se enfrentan a una dura elección entre el goteo o la manguera de incendios: prácticamente ningún nuevo desarrollo o inversión o un cambio cataclísmico que deja un lugar irreconocible. Necesitamos salir de esta dicotomía destructiva.
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The new infrastructure bill will have big goals. But big new road projects won’t actually help us meet those goals.
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With so much money and lip service (“Safety is our top priority”) paid to safety, why are pedestrian deaths higher than ever?
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Vote now in Round 2 of the Strongest Town Contest! Which city should advance to the semifinals?
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