Most cities' "traffic problems" are actually problems with the qualitative experience of traffic, not with simple travel time or delay. Perhaps we need a "Traffic Frustration Index" instead of a Traffic Congestion Index.
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America's engineering profession is deluding itself. In their own propaganda echo chamber, they are blaming society for the messes they helped create and perpetuate.
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Question #7 on the Strong Towns Strength Test asks: Are there neighborhoods in your town where three generations of a family could reasonably find a place to live, all within walking distance of each other? In this article, we show you how to answer that question for your town and what to do if your answer is No.
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Seattle, WA may be the first city in the US to create a formal “renters’ commission” to advise the local government.
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Dropping off and picking up kids from school can entail navigating a messy labyrinth of parked and moving cars, running kids, bicyclists, and opening car doors. How can we improve it?
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We have collectively believed for so long that spending on infrastructure is the key to prosperity that we don't even bother to check if it really is.
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Here's one way to analyze whether your city should invest in a new public resource.
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If zoning codes are the primary tool in a planner's toolbox, that's a problem. Here's a three part system that would offer a better way for planners to design cities.
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A Canadian city and a Louisiana city face off in this third round of our Strongest Town Contest. Who will go to the championship round?
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Listen to these short podcasts and then cast your vote for the strongest town between these two midwestern cities.
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We've spent trillions to save seconds in the first and last mile of each trip, and what we've gotten is the fake prosperity of a land use pattern that is bankrupting us.
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Here's what got the most reads this week at Strong Towns.
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Find out who advanced in the competition to be named the Strongest Town in the world.
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We’ve got the built environment that we have and the overwhelming majority of it isn’t going to change.
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In this episode, Chuck Marohn discusses the need to create a new infrastructure funding system, not keep dumping more money into the existing system.
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We're deeply honored to be named #1 podcast in Streets.MN's list of Top 7 Urban Planning Podcasts.
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I remain curious as to why a casino plays such a central role in our city's discussions of economic development.
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What's it like to watch a shopping mall die?
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A couple weeks ago, we showed you "Your Highway ABC Book," a piece of propaganda for children put out by the National Highway Users Conference in the 1930s. Now we're sharing our own ABCs.
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Let's not allow a simplistic reaction to direct funding of highways -- as opposed to our current indirect approach -- keep us from doing things that will help everyone, especially the poor.
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