How should engineers be thinking about building wealth in communities? That’s just one of the questions Chuck Marohn asks of Ian Lockwood, a recognized national leader in sustainable transportation policy and urban design.

Podcast, Marohn, ST Podcast, Safe & Productive Streets, Top StoryStrong TownsMay 1, 2023Podcast, podcast, engineers, engineering profession, transportation, Safe and Productive Streets

Book Review: "Roadways for People" Seeks To Change Transportation Planning

As traditional highway expansions are put on pause around the country, professionals and policymakers have an opportunity to move forward with a better approach. This book shows them how.

Transportation, Safe & Productive Streets, Top StoryBen AbramsonApril 26, 2023engineering profession, traffic engineering, books, Safe and Productive Streets, public engagement, Public Participation, community engagement, people centered places

America Has No Transportation Engineers

If all a nation can provide are civil engineers who are given a crash course in transportation studies, what do we get?

End Highway Expansion, Safe & Productive Streets, Member Post, Transportation, Top StorySteffen BerrFebruary 17, 2023End Highway Expansion, Safe and Productive Streets, engineers, engineering profession, traffic engineering, transportation

Lawsuit Update: Making a Stand for Engineers in the Minnesota State Court of Appeals

In this Strong Towns Podcast, listen to the latest update on our lawsuit agains the Minnesota board of engineering licensure and the oral arguments made in front of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Podcast, Marohn, ST Podcast, Engineering Profession, Engineering Reform, Top StoryStrong TownsJanuary 30, 2023Podcast, podcast, engineers, engineering ethics, engineering profession

An Update on the Strong Towns Lawsuit

Here’s the latest on our ongoing legal action against the Minnesota board of engineering licensing—now officially Minnesota v. Marohn.

Engineering Reform, Engineering Profession, Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnNovember 11, 2022engineering profession, engineering ethics

MoDOT Is Proud of Their Highways. Missourians, Not So Much.

MoDOT recently put out a tweet celebrating the 50-year anniversary of a highway that tore up Kansas City’s downtown. Here are just some of the (rightfully) angry reactions they got.

That's Not an Improvement

Engineers who work on municipal infrastructure need to stop ubiquitously describing their projects as “improvements”—especially when the project is actually harmful, not helpful.

The One Ring

Traffic engineers in Canada wear an iron pinky ring as a reminder of their responsibility to public safety. So why, then, do they routinely make street design choices that kill people every day?

Engineers: Will You Be Someone, or Will You *Do* Something?

All truth passes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. We’re at the second stage in the case of engineering reform.

Engineering Profession, Engineering Reform, Top Story, Transparent Accounting, Safe & Productive StreetsPatrick QuigleySeptember 1, 2022engineering profession, engineering ethics, engineers

Professional Engineers: Speak Up. The Stakes Are Life and Death.

Today on Upzoned, Strong Towns Founder and President Chuck Marohn and Program Director Rachel Quednau discuss updates on the Strong Towns lawsuit, and how we got here.

Upzoned, Podcast, Top Story, Engineering Profession, Engineering ReformStrong TownsAugust 31, 2022Podcast, podcast, Upzoned, engineering profession, engineering ethics

These Engineers Stand for Reform and They’re Speaking Out Against Regressive Leadership in Their Profession

The Minnesota board of engineering licensure tried to silence a reform-minded engineer—and in response, other engineers are standing up and making themselves heard.

Engineering Profession, Engineering Reform, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 31, 2022engineering profession, engineering ethics

Licensing Board to the Engineering Profession: "Stay in Line"

The Minnesota licensing board has essentially issued a warning to professional engineers: Stay in line or you will face attack by colleagues who disagree with you.

Engineering Profession, Engineering Reform, Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnAugust 30, 2022engineering profession, engineering ethics

We Are Holding Engineers Accountable for Dangerous Road Designs. The Engineering Powers That Be Want Us To Shut Up.

Pointing out the emperor’s nakedness doesn’t make you very popular in the emperor’s court. That’s not going to stop us from pointing out gross negligence in the engineering profession when we see it.

Engineering Profession, Engineering Reform, Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesAugust 29, 2022engineering profession, engineering ethics

Strong Towns Will Defend Engineers’ Right to Free Speech From the Minnesota Licensing Board

Charles Marohn was fined, censured, and reprimanded for speaking up for change as an engineer. We’re fighting to have this state board’s decision overturned, so they know they can’t use their power to intimidate those who call for reform.

Engineering Profession, Engineering Reform, Top StoryAndrew BurlesonAugust 29, 2022engineering profession, engineering ethics, engineers

The Bottom-Up Revolution Is…an Engineer Who “Saw the Light”

This engineer has been a Strong Towns advocate and member for a decade.

Podcast, The Bottom-Up Revolution, Top Story, Success Story, #NoNewRoads, Engineering Profession, Membership, Member ProfilesStrong TownsAugust 25, 2022Podcast, engineering profession

My Letter to the Minnesota Board of Engineering Licensure

Tomorrow, the Minnesota board of engineering licensure will hold a hearing to determine what final action, if any, they will take against the Strong Towns movement.

Engineering Reform, Engineering Profession, Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnJuly 11, 2022engineering ethics, engineering profession

I'm Retiring From the Engineering Profession

To protect our advocacy work against future harassment from the Minnesota licensing board, Strong Towns President Charles Marohn is retiring as a professional engineer.

Engineering Reform, Engineering Profession, Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnMay 23, 2022engineering profession, engineering ethics

Ryan Crane: Malpractice and Accountability in Engineering—A Surgeon's Take

When a patient dies, doctors review if and how their own actions led to that patient’s death. Shouldn’t engineers be doing the same, when people die in car crashes?

Podcast, Marohn, ST Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsApril 25, 2022Podcast, podcast, engineers, engineering profession, traffic engineering, Safety, safety, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, public safety, Public Safety, car crash

Ignoring Induced Demand is Engineering Malpractice

In 2022, denying how highway expansions induce people to drive more should be considered professional malpractice.

#NoNewRoads, Engineering Profession, Marohn, Transportation, Top StoryCharles MarohnApril 4, 2022transportation, transportation spending, highways, freeways, Virginia, engineers, engineering ethics, engineering profession, traffic engineering, traffic projections, induced demand, #NoNewRoads

What’s Wrong with Engineering Values? (New Video Series)

This video series shows why engineers have such different priorities from the rest of us. As Planetizen puts it, “If you’re not yet outraged, prepare to be.”