Jason's work at Better Block offers a truly incremental, small-scale, Strong Towns angle to building better neighborhoods.
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A children's pamphlet created by the National Highway Users Conference in 1938 offers insight into our auto-oriented history.
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Read just one of these and we guarantee you'll come away with new ideas for how to make your town stronger.
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Does your town have what it takes to knock down the competition and rise to the top?
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Historic preservation is often used to prevent something being replaced by something worse, but are we focusing on the symptom or the cause?
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Why should someone's ability to hyper-conveniently store their vehicle be more important than someone's ability to get to their destination?
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An apples-to-apples comparison of traditional and auto-oriented development approaches.
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Cycling, infrastructure and gazebos were among our most popular topics this week.
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Car-centric policy dominates our legal system and the way police conduct business. And it's not holding people truly responsible.
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This week's episode starts at 11am and features two Strong Towns members, plus staff, diving into Trump's infrastructure priorities.
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Our nation has an infrastructure funding crisis.....or do we?
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Redeveloping suburban sites like this is a great way to make areas of the region more walkable, but new buildings alone cannot do it, especially when those new buildings are cut off from the larger community.
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I don't need to be an expert to tell you that our streets are not bike-friendly.
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Recent articles about the true cost and value of municipal infrastructure on the Strong Towns website have catalyzed a number of discussions in cities across the country.
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Does geometry bias our view of how neighborhoods work?
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Federal housing programs that support multi-family housing have started to make it easier to get loans for projects that combine residential space with ground-floor retail.
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Chuck and Rachel discuss Chuck's letter to President Trump and ways to encourage investment in small-scale infrastructure projects instead of big ones.
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An infographic about toll lanes vs. tax increases makes some salient points about road funding.
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On Monday, we published a letter from Chuck Marohn to President Trump, outlining a plan for responsible, long-term investment in America's infrastructure. This Thursday, join Chuck for an open discussion about that letter.
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The gazebo is a talisman designed to suggest a pretty illusion, but reality overwhelmed the dream.
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