There are over 100 Local Conversations (i.e., local Strong Towns advocates working together) around North America. And we want to grow that number tenfold.
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We expect city budgets and financial reports to inform citizens and community leaders alike, but in reality, local government accounting is unnecessarily complicated, confusing, and illogical.
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This Member Week, we’re offering a special opportunity to hear one of our most popular Strong Towns presentations, free of charge!
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This week, our Neighborhood Storyteller shares the many blissful moments that come with biking as a means of transportation.
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Until we have a credible plan for maintaining our existing transportation infrastructure, we must stop building more roads and bridges. Period.
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This Member Week, we’re offering a special opportunity to hear one of our most popular Strong Towns presentations, free of charge!
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It’s high time that we start building streets that prioritize safety and community over throughput of traffic.
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Street design, Google Maps hacking, and mysterious worlds. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.
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The Oregon DOT has experienced massive cost overruns on all of its largest construction projects…and has systematically concealed and understated the frequency and scale of those cost overruns.
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When it comes to our places’ roads, we need to start asking: “How much is this gonna cost us?”
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Since a 2019 investor-fueled subsidy of America’s ride-hailing habit, Uber and Lyft prices have skyrocketed. Does this mark the beginning of the end for ridesharing apps?
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Everyone’s heard of the housing shortage…so why is the “shortage” part of that phrase so poorly defined?
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Residents of small towns shouldn’t have to travel to a large urban downtown to get a taste of a walkable, people-centered environment.
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We’re pleased to present the new Strong Towns Strategic Plan, which will guide the organization for at least the next five years (until we craft a new one)!
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Of course, history has a way of repeating itself, but what’s always changing are the eyes we look through and the way our neighbors see us.
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The writing process, disability and artistry, and architectural populism. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.
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This latest video from Not Just Bikes explores the link between the walkability of a place and how much daily exercise people get.
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Beth Silverman is working on a non-traditional—and very successful—approach to housing affordability.
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Sometimes it can be daunting for advocates to begin…well, actually advocating. Here’s a simple, 4-step process that can help you overcome that first hurdle toward making your place stronger.
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Why isn’t social housing the silver bullet it's sometimes sold as, and what it would take to be successful? (Hint: You still have to fix the market.)
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