Gas, loans, insurance, and maintenance aren't the only costs that car ownership incurs.
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Read MoreIt's Spring, and that means time to start thinking about planting a garden. Here are 5 stories about unique garden projects to inspire and excite you.
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Read MoreBad infrastructure can cost you wealth and diminish a place, but the world's greatest infrastructure will not raise the quality of an unloveable place one iota.
Read MoreCities are filled with talent, ideas, and hardworking people. We just need to provide them with the platform to be productive.
Read MoreCollectively valuing all public places—and adequately supporting them—is essential to fostering livable and prosperous communities.
Read MoreIn early January, I adopted a dog. As with many rescue stories, we ended up with more dog than we anticipated, which has put me and my new neighborhood through a rigorous test. My dog has given me a tough decision: get a car, or become the neighbor I want to be.
Read MoreSurvey data shows that residents tend to overestimate or underestimate crime risk based on other environmental factors, and their feelings of safety do not always line up with actual crime rates.
Read MoreGuelph, ON and Traverse City, MI are competing for the title of Strongest Town in a webcast that will take place at 12:30pm Central today.
Read MoreAccording to their newest report, the American Society of Civil Engineers would have us believe that we're failing to act by not spending enough on infrastructure. This is false.
Read MoreKea Wilson (Strong Towns' Director of Community Engagement) fills in for Chuck Marohn on this weekly podcast hosted by Rachel Quednau. They discuss Kea's recent writing and an upcoming article she's working on about time banking in St. Louis, MO.
Read MoreWhich cities move the fastest? Does it matter?
Read MoreThis week, we talked about school drop-off zones, traffic congestion and "the infrastructure cult."
Read MoreTwo towns advance to the final round in our contest.
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Read MoreMost 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.
Read MoreAmerica's engineering profession is deluding itself. In their own propaganda echo chamber, they are blaming society for the messes they helped create and perpetuate.
Read MoreQuestion #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.
Read MoreSeattle, WA may be the first city in the US to create a formal “renters’ commission” to advise the local government.
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