You absolutely have something to offer your town or city in a time of crisis. Here are 6 tips on thinking creatively about your unique contribution.
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Wisconsin’s plan to expand a key highway in Milwaukee will not reduce congestion or travel times. In fact, the evidence suggests they’ll likely get worse.
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Why do predictions of “Carmageddon” so often fail to materialize? Recent lane reductions on a major bridge in Portland may hold answers, if we pay attention.
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What happens when suburban requirements clash with urban density? Often, an uninspiring hybrid that people are still willing to pay for.
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Solving the housing crisis requires bringing back “missing-middle” housing. The planner who coined the term “missing-middle” explains how.
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Don’t underestimate the power of kindness in building stronger, more resilient cities. Its true strength is proven in crisis—as in Oregon’s recent wildfires.
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Incremental change doesn’t mean slow change. In fact, unleashing the power of the many to make small changes in response to immediate needs may be the only approach that is up to the scale of the problems our cities face.
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There are hyper-local issues a city must handle. But some issues should be dealt with even closer to home—with neighbor talking to neighbor.
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The best-laid plans can fail. Knowing that should cause us to think critically about what projects we pursue, how we pursue them, and how we evaluate success.
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Growing up Jewish in the South, a new podcast from a pioneer in the sustainable agricultural movement, and incrementalism in health care. These are a few of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
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Taking local action builds resilience and improves a community’s quality of life in deeply meaningful ways. This is never more evident than when disaster strikes.
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Our cities need buildings that are “boring.” Here’s why.
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If your town or city is going to be stronger and more resilient, its neighborhoods need to thrive. Here are 5 ways to help your neighborhood live up to its full potential.
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There are things we can do right now to make California less vulnerable to megafires. So why aren’t we doing them?
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The City of Philadelphia is pursuing expensive new construction while neglecting basic maintenance on hundreds of houses that could become homes for low-income residents. Now, residents are taking matters into their own hands.
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Minneapolis made waves when it ended single-family zoning. Yet the devil’s in the details—and some of the details that will make or break this policy are being decided right now.
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The godshuizen of Bruges offer a strikingly beautiful example of homes designed for elderly to age in place.
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Too often, city planners defer to “context” in the most superficial way—privileging the massing of buildings over the deeper forces that define a neighborhood’s identity.
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Don't let your city's leaders backtrack on good urban design practice because of the pandemic.
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There is nothing stopping local leaders from addressing their community’s legacy of racial injustice. Here is a credible plan for getting started.
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