Susan Handy of the University of California at Davis speaks on induced traffic and impacts of fighting congestion through adding capacity.
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A joint letter from six agencies to Maryland's Director of Transportation, encouraging the state to stop building new roads until it can guarantee that those roads will be safe for everyone.
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A diversity of transportation options has recognized and measurable value. If one link fails (a bridge collapse, a sinkhole, a major crash, etc.) and is closed, others can pick up the burden.
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Concluding remarks and steps forward after a week of #NoNewRoads.
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Former Mayor of Seattle, Michael McGinn, discusses the tunneling project currently underway in Seattle, the discussions that led to the decision to proceed with a tunnel and subsequent actions by the governor, legislature and city to deal with the aftermath.
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Washington state's new transportation bill allocates $1.4 billion to road maintenance and $10 billion to expansion projects, using highway spending to chase speculative economic development in a plan that's sure to fail.
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Strong Towns shares an exclusive interview with @StuckBertha, the tunnel boring machine that is stuck beneath Seattle.
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How we choose to spend our money is a reflection of who we are. not just as individuals but as states. When Washington spends billions to build new roads and a pittance to create safe, accessible streets, that says something about the state's priorities.
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Washington state, known for having one of the “greenest” administrations, just passed the largest transportation spending bill in the state’s history. Here are 5 ways that WSDOT and other DOTs are keeping us stuck squarely in the 1960s.
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A conversation with Kevin Blanchard, former Public Works Director for the city of Lafayette, LA.
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Minnesota leaders on both sides of the aisle need to examine the true costs of their transportation plans or they'll find themselves in serious debt for a system that hardly benefits the state.
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This story is not unique: a mid-sized Minnesota town is preparing to adopt a 50-year-old neighborhood. As the neighborhood struggles to pay for long-term maintenance on its roads and pipes, it seems like neither annexation nor autonomy will really solve the problem.
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Let's stop pretending we can do scalpel work on our neighborhoods with huge Washington budgets and bureaucracy.
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5 steps to tackle transportation funding insolvency.
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The Suburban Experiment creates an illusion of wealth early on, which makes it very seductive. As a city like Baxter, MN enters the second life cycle and all of the dispersed systems that came with the growth now need costly maintenance, the seductive illusion is slowly destroyed.
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Chuck and Rachel discuss this week's #NoNewRoads campaign.
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Amid all of the Lone Star State’s dubious policy decisions there are actually numerous efforts under way that should interest builders of Strong Towns.
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Austin needs to demand a better I-35, where the health and well-being of our neighborhoods and communities are prioritized just as much as long distance vehicle trips.
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Patrick Kennedy is a Strong Towns member actively working to end Texas' overspending on roads. Today, he shares what got Texas to this point and how it might be able to change course.
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