We’ve been asked for news on the federal lawsuit we filed against the Minnesota Board of Engineering Licensure. Here’s some more info on the case and how it’s proceeding.

Engineering Profession, Engineering Reform, Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnJuly 12, 2021engineering profession, engineering ethics, engineers

Design Speed is a Value Statement

Choosing a design speed is an application of core values. We shouldn't allow the engineering profession to make this decision for us.

#SlowtheCars, Marohn, Engineering Profession, Podcast, Engineering Reform, Top StoryCharles MarohnJuly 8, 2021engineering profession, engineering ethics, engineers, #SlowTheCars, Podcast

Expertise Is Not Absolute

If you're going to build a bridge, then of course you want engineers. But how far should we go in trusting experts?

Podcast, Confessions Book, Engineering Profession, Engineering Reform, Marohn, Top StoryStrong TownsJune 21, 2021Podcast, engineering profession, engineering ethics, Confessions of a Recovering Engineer, confessions book

Here's What People Are Saying about the Strong Towns Lawsuit

Last week, we announced that Strong Towns has filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Board of Engineering Licensure. Since then, people around the internet have been discussing the case and its implications for advocacy.

Podcast, Upzoned, Engineering Profession, Engineering Reform, Top StoryStrong TownsJune 2, 2021Podcast, Upzoned, engineering profession, engineering ethics

Strong Towns Has Filed a Lawsuit Against the Minnesota Board of Engineering Licensure in Federal District Court

The Minnesota board that regulates engineering licenses is abusing their power in order to stifle the free speech of Charles Marohn and retaliate against the Strong Towns movement for their advocacy on transportation, infrastructure, and engineering reform. Strong Towns has filed suit in federal court to stop the board’s actions.

Engineering Reform, Engineering Profession, Marohn, Top StoryStrong TownsMay 23, 2021announcement, engineering profession, engineering ethics, engineers

Transportation Engineers Are Legally Obligated to Protect the Public. It's Time to Demand They Do So.

Transportation engineering profession is at a crossroads. The industry has not honored its ethical obligations. That must change.

Engineering Profession, Top StorySteffen BerrFebruary 18, 2021Street Design, traffic engineering, engineering profession, engineering ethics, engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, vision zero

The licensing board wants to fine and censure me. I can't agree to that.

I received a chilling response from the state licensing board. This abuse of power should concern everyone, especially my fellow engineers.

Marohn, Engineering Profession, Engineering ReformCharles MarohnNovember 9, 2020engineering profession, engineering ethics

Wastewater Engineering in Extremistan

Wastewater engineers and the communities they serve may be suffering from the same delusion—that the good life will go on forever.

Top Story, Engineering ProfessionPatrick QuigleySeptember 8, 2020stormwater, engineering profession, Nassim Taleb, Black Swan

I'm pushing for safe streets. Some engineers want me to go away.

A small number of engineers use the formal complaint process to silence those who want to make streets safer and reform their profession. We're not going to let that happen.

Engineering Profession, Marohn, Engineering ReformCharles MarohnAugust 3, 2020engineering profession, engineers

The Cost of an Extra Foot

For a traffic engineer, to be conservative in your design is to spend extra money building capacity you don’t really need. The spiraling costs of this approach are enormous.

Marohn, Engineering Profession, Roads and Streets, Top StoryCharles MarohnJanuary 6, 2020roads, narrow streets, Brainerd MN, engineers, engineering profession

Best of 2019: Four Ways Traffic Engineers Thwart Public Will

Public officials trying to make their city’s street more humane are often thwarted by the professional engineers giving them advice. If that’s your city, it’s time to make a change.

Marohn, Engineering Profession, Top StoryCharles MarohnDecember 16, 2019engineering profession, engineering ethics, traffic engineering, pedestrian safety, Springfield

Four Ways Traffic Engineers Thwart Public Will

Public officials trying to make their city’s street more humane are often thwarted by the professional engineers giving them advice. If that’s your city, it’s time to make a change.

Marohn, Top Story, Engineering Profession, Engineering ReformCharles MarohnSeptember 16, 2019engineering profession, engineering ethics, traffic engineering, pedestrian safety, Springfield

We Need a Sea Change in How We Think About Roads and Streets

Is the engineering profession institutionally and intellectually prepared for a world in which we recognize that we need to slow down cars on urban streets? Revisiting one of our best podcast episodes of all time, in which Strong Towns President Chuck Marohn asks this question.

Top Story, Roads and Streets, Podcast, #SlowtheCarsStrong TownsMarch 12, 2019engineering profession, negligence, #SlowTheCars

Oregon Frees the Engineers

Remember that engineer who was fined in Oregon for saying, “I am an engineer”? He won in court. Again.

Engineering Profession, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesJanuary 15, 2019engineering profession, engineering ethics

How Many Deaths Does It Take to Question "Standard Practice"?

Transportation engineers are ethically bound to “hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public.” What is their obligation when unsafe, but commonplace, road design practices conflict with that mandate?

Top StoryBill SchultheissNovember 20, 2018engineering profession, Safety, engineering ethics

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