Lesson Learned

A couple years ago, I bought a $15,000 uninhabitable shack in Cincinnati, Ohio, hoping to renovate it into a nice two-story duplex for renters. Here's what went wrong.

Small Scale Developers, Sanphillippo, HousingJohnny SanphillippoOctober 31, 2017Ohio, page highlight

Let's Turn this Dangerous, Expensive Road Back into a Safe Neighborhood Street.

In this Dallas suburb, safe streets are desperately needed.

#SlowtheCars, Roads and Streets, Member Post, Success StoryNathaniel BarrettOctober 31, 2017Road Diet, STROADS, inspired

The Shopping Mall Death Spiral

Cities that tethered their future to this experiment are going to struggle, while those that still have a pulse in their core neighborhoods will have a chance at renewed prosperity.

#DotheMath, Big Box Stores, Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnOctober 31, 2017shopping malls, suburban retrofit, suburban experiment

It's time to end the routine traffic stop

Routine traffic stops are dangerous for all involved and do little to improve safety. It's time to end the practice.

#SlowtheCars, Marohn, Top EvergreenCharles MarohnOctober 31, 2017Speeding, Philando Castile, enforcement, stc elected

The Week Ahead: Strong Towns Goes to Washington

Chuck Marohn recaps recent events including a trip to Washington, D.C.

PodcastStrong TownsOctober 30, 2017the week ahead

The Magic of Tree-Lined Streets

Whether you care about the environment, property values, public health, or your city’s bottom line, you can make your town stronger by planting trees.

Bikeability, Kobos, Neighborhood Design, Walkability, Top StorySarah KobosOctober 30, 2017#PedestrianUnfriendly, environment, trees

Fine-Grained vs. Coarse-Grained Urbanism

There's a big difference between these two types of development and one will create a far better outcome for our cities.

The Stroad

A stroad is a street/road hybrid. Stroads are dangerous and unproductive, and if we want to build strong towns, we have to eliminate them.

Romancing the Stone Age

America's pre-Depression development pattern relied on exploitation of workers, poor living conditions and exclusion of women and minorities. How is the Strong Towns approach, which advocates for traditional development patterns, different?