Spot's Parking Lot

How can we make better use of a parking space? This little dog knows.

Parking, Top Story, Success StoryStrong TownsNovember 22, 2017children, books

Podcast: How a First-Time Homeowner and Father is Building a Resilient Life

A Strong Towns member talks home renovation, parenthood and how he's living a resilient life.

Leyrer, Podcast, Small Scale Developers, #StrongCitizensStrong TownsNovember 2, 2017children, resilient

Gross Negligence

In this hard-hitting four-part series, we examine the root cause of America's dangerously designed roads, which take tens of thousands of lives every year.

#SlowtheCarsCharles MarohnNovember 1, 2017pedestrian safety, children, car crash, STROADS, stc elected, page highlight

Beyond the Big Yellow Bus

Parents must make a series of trade-offs when choosing schools for their children and figuring out how to get them there.

Schools, Top StoryDana DeMasterOctober 25, 2017children, bus, page highlight

Education in Complexity

The only way to successfully improve complex systems is incrementally. Investing tens of millions all at once every 25 to 30 years is a recipe for making a lot of big mistakes.

Marohn, Schools, TransportationCharles MarohnOctober 23, 2017bus, children

Playful Public Art

Art that invites interaction and play can help us build more social and active towns.

Member Post, Public Art, Top StoryMarielle BrownMay 18, 2017Public Health, children

Strength Test #6: Can children safely walk and bike in your town?

These four steps will help you assess whether your town is a safe place for children to walk and bike on their own.

Bikeability, Top Story, Strength Test, #SlowtheCars, Gardner, SchoolsSpencer GardnerApril 5, 2017children, page highlight

Strength Test #7: Does your town have real housing options?

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.

Top Story, Strength Test, Housing, QuednauRachel QuednauMarch 16, 2017family, children, seniors, page highlight

School drop-off zones can be total madhouses. How do we solve that problem?

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?

Member Post, Top Story, SchoolsMatthew KoehlerMarch 15, 2017children

Home Search: Finding Common Ground Between Urban & Rural

He wants urban. She wants rural. How does a couple decide where to live and where to raise their children? It turns out there's a middle ground.

Top Story, Member Post, HousingJustin GolbabaiMarch 1, 2017family, children

Why I Chose to Raise my Kid in an Urban Neighborhood

Many people leave the city and head for the suburbs once they have children. I did the opposite.

Member Post, Top Story, Housing, Top EvergreenKristin GreenMarch 1, 2017children, family, neighborhood, page highlight

Your Highway ABC Book

A children's pamphlet created by the National Highway Users Conference in 1938 offers insight into our auto-oriented history.

Top Story, Transportation, ProppeSara Joy ProppeFebruary 1, 2017auto-oriented, children

Why Walking is Worth the Effort for Me

Picking my son up from school in a car would undoubtedly be quicker with less effort on my part. But the benefits of walking outnumber the challenges.

Walkability, Schools, Top Story, ErfurtMichelle ErfurtJanuary 18, 2017children, family

Affordable Urban Lifestyles for Millennials with Children

We figured out how to live in an exciting kid-friendly city on the cheap.

Best of Blog, Top Story, Member Post, HousingJennifer GriffinDecember 15, 2016Millennials, children, family, affordable housing

What makes a good trick-or-treating neighborhood?

These 5 features make my neighborhood an ideal place to trick or treat. How does your neighborhood stack up?

#SlowtheCars, #StrongCitizens, Walkability, Member Post, Top StoryPatrick HessNovember 2, 2016family, children

The Walkability of Rural Neighborhoods

Walkability is essential to our quality of life. It’s just that the things worth walking to change depending on who you ask.

Walkability, Urban Design, Top Story, Member PostJustin GolbabaiOctober 28, 2016family, children, suburbs, rural

Halloween with Strong Towns

This Halloween, we invite you to take an observational walking tour of sorts, using the holiday as an opportunity to consider walkability and street design in your town.

Walkability, Top Story, QuednauRachel QuednauOctober 25, 2016children, family

After-School Bike Club Gets Kids Pedalling

Once you get everyone pedaling, they become a team, unified by the excitement of riding together. Once everyone’s on a bike, all you see are smiles.

Bikeability, Kobos, Top Story, #StrongCitizensSarah KobosOctober 19, 2016children, schools

Strong Towns Member Advocates for People-Oriented Streets

"Show me an area where police need to continually set up to catch speeding drivers, and I'll show you a street design that encourages speeding and is unsafe for pedestrians."