America’s cities don’t need more growth. What they desperately need is a different development pattern, one that restores the resiliency and financial productivity of the pre-automobile approach to a modern America.

Curbside Chat, Growth Ponzi SchemeCharles MarohnJanuary 7, 2015antifragile, Nassim Taleb, resilient, development, finance, auto-oriented

Best of Blog: Dangerously Uninformed

How many fender benders equals one life?

#SlowtheCars, Best of Blog, Roads and Streets, Misunderstanding MobilityCharles MarohnDecember 12, 2014Safety, Mobility, Risk, auto-oriented, congestion

Stroad Nation

We can’t over-simplify the dynamics of all that has happened in Ferguson, but it’s obvious that our platform for building places is creating dynamics primed for social upheaval. The auto-oriented development pattern is a huge financial experiment with massive social, cultural and political ramifications.

Growth Ponzi Scheme, Marohn, For Newcomers, Greatest HitsCharles MarohnAugust 25, 2014STROADS, Ferguson, suburban experiment, poverty, Tax Base, Michael Brown, housing, auto-oriented

The Cost of Auto Orientation

We've reconfigured our public spaces to accommodate the automobile. Today we need the humility to acknowledge that our ancestors -- who built in the traditional style -- may have known what they were doing.

Brainerd/Baxter Strong Town Series, For Newcomers, Greatest Hits, #DotheMath, Marohn, Top EvergreenCharles MarohnJanuary 2, 2012auto-oriented, Brainerd MN, traditional development pattern, Tax Base, Taco Johns, streets, Economic Development, too big to fail

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