A Dam Mess

Stop obsessing over building new infrastructure and start putting your best minds in charge of maintenance.

Marohn, #InfrastructureCrisisCharles MarohnFebruary 16, 2017Maintenance, water

This week's episode starts at 11am and features two Strong Towns members, plus staff, diving into Trump's infrastructure priorities.

Video, #InfrastructureCrisisStrong TownsJanuary 27, 2017strong talk

Podcast: Is there a crisis?

Our nation has an infrastructure funding crisis.....or do we?

Podcast, #InfrastructureCrisis, Top StoryStrong TownsJanuary 26, 2017

Catalyzing Conversation

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.

Success Story, Top Story, #InfrastructureCrisisStrong TownsJanuary 25, 2017

A letter to POTUS on infrastructure

Small maintenance projects focusing on below ground infrastructure in old, established neighborhoods have the greatest potential for positive returns.

#InfrastructureCrisis, MarohnCharles MarohnJanuary 23, 2017page highlight

Reinventing Poor Cities at Scale

Social justice concerns are an acceptable motive for collective action, but they don't free us from the requirement that our infrastructure investments make financial sense.

#InfrastructureCrisis, MarohnCharles MarohnJanuary 17, 2017Flint, poverty, water, pipes, page highlight

Strong Talk, Episode 1

In one hour (at 12pm Central), we'll be live-streaming a new weekly video series called Strong Talk.

Video, #InfrastructureCrisisStrong TownsJanuary 13, 2017strong talk

Poor Neighborhoods Make the Best Investments

We can make low risk, high returning investments in our cities while improving the quality of life for people, particularly those who are not benefiting from the current approach.

The Real Reason Your City Has No Money

Problems have solutions. Predicaments have outcomes. We're in a predicament.

A Utah Republican Might have the Best Urban Transportation Plan

Devolution isn't so scary when the alternative is this crazy.

A Big Pot of Money

Would a big pot of money for infrastructure make America stronger?

#InfrastructureCrisis, Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnJanuary 6, 2017

Five Ways Macro Economists Get Local Infrastructure Wrong

Cities have to live with constraints that the federal government does not.

Top Story, #InfrastructureCrisis, MarohnCharles MarohnJanuary 5, 2017economics, page highlight

Five Low Cost Ideas to Make Your City Wealthier

Improving a city doesn't take a lot of money. It just takes courage.

Five Ways Federal Infrastructure Spending Makes Cities Poorer

A federal infrastructure bill is going to make your city poorer in the long run. Here's how.

#InfrastructureCrisis, Marohn, For NewcomersCharles MarohnJanuary 3, 2017federal government, TIGER, page highlight

Best of 2016: What Clearly Makes us Richer

Can we have cities that work with economics that don't?

Best of Blog, Marohn, Top Story, #InfrastructureCrisisCharles MarohnDecember 9, 2016Paul Krugman, page highlight

Heyden Walker on Building Accountability into Federal Transportation Spending

Today, Heyden Walker and Chuck Marohn discuss the highway I-35 project in Austin and the need for better transparency in transportation spending.

Podcast, Top Story, #InfrastructureCrisisStrong TownsDecember 8, 2016Austin, infrastructure interview

A Design Thinking Approach to Infrastructure

In this podcast, Professor of Architecture, Thomas Fisher, discusses a design-thinking approach of bottom-up vs. top-down decisionmaking, and the danger of building the wrong types of infrastructure for the future of America.

#InfrastructureCrisis, Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsDecember 1, 2016infrastructure interview

The Infrastructure Time Bomb

An engineering firm wakes up to the reality of the unsustainable suburban development pattern.

Making Good Infrastructure Decisions for America's Future

Throughout the election, we've chosen to focus our attention toward the issue of infrastructure spending. Now it's time to consider what our new president will do about it.

#InfrastructureCrisis, Top StoryRachel QuednauNovember 9, 20162016 election

The Economic Implications of More Infrastructure Spending

In this interview, Chuck Marohn and Russ Roberts, host of the EconTalk podcast, discuss the political appeal of infrastructure spending vs. the economics perspective. They also talk about how to ensure a good return on investment and how to focus on smaller-scale projects.