While Memphis is home to many case studies on chaotic but smart development, it also has one of the poster childs for orderly but dumb, that of course being the Memphis pyramid.
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After a productive series of North Bay meetings, the principals from Strong Towns and Urban3 have gone home, but not before seeding the North Bay with ideas about further steps toward an urbanist, financially sustainable, climate change moderating future.
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Last week Trump called Brussels a “hellhole” much to the ire of Brusselaars. In defense they responded with an onslaught of tweets pointing out how very un-hellholish it it.
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Are the suburbs the new frontier for artists, musicians and other countercultural communities?
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It's possible that large parts of Flint could be served with really high quality water for drinking and sanitation at a fraction of the cost while preserving the existing, lead-infested system for fire fighting purposes only.
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"Chuck just helped me understand why we need to design streets for people, not cars"
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Let's expand our idea of what a "house" looks like.
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Seattle Greenways was kind enough to film and put together this recording of a Curbside Chat given in Lacey, WA this January.
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From a beautiful little neighborhood in Oklahoma City, Chuck Marohn interviews ULI members Shane Hampton and Jane Jenkins in front of a live audience. The conversation is about Oklahoma City past, present and future.
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Our latest featured post from the member blogroll comes to us from Paul Fritz’s blog, Small Town Urbanism. This piece was inspired by a conversation Paul had with Strong Towns founder, Chuck Marohn, after a recent event in Santa Rosa, CA.
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The winner of this month's photo contest is Melinda Nunley, who took this picture in her hometown of Frankfort, KY.
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A new proposal to transform a Rhode Island highway into a boulevard is an opportunity to rethink the errors of the past, while saving the state a lot of money.
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Small scale developers envision a world with a lot more landlords. Here's why we think that’s such a good thing.
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Our new advice column hosted by the one and only R. Moses, invites your questions on engineering issues in your town or city.
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Rachel and Chuck recap #NoNewRoads Week and discuss Chuck's busy week of travel in January.
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We're hosting a bracket-based contest to see who has the strongest town. Does your town exemplify Strong Towns principles like incremental growth, financial solvency and a safe, accessible transportation system? Are you a Strong Citizen who wants your town to get the recognition it deserves for being just plain awesome? If so, we invite you to enter!
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Originally designed to be large enough to turn around a team of oxen, Utah's streets are dangerous and of little value for pedestrians. But that tide is slowly turning.
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Clackamas County, Oregon, is located southwest of Portland and is the third most populous county in the state. It has a problem. A major problem.
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Creating a diverse mix of options to reduce car dependence incrementally is a sensible short-term goal of a robust transportation policy. We can make better cities by increasing the size and number of neighborhoods in which it's possible for the average person to live partially—not completely—car free.
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Let's not turn our backs on the wage earners of this country but actually try to understand why they are getting the worst deal of all from the Suburban Experiment.
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