This week on the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck Marohn talks with Nolan Gray about his new book, in which he shows why zoning reform is necessary for building stronger towns and cities.
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The Fed’s pandemic actions to loosen up capital unseized a market and fueled a housing boom—but now, a potential opposite reaction could lose U.S. taxpayers billions and be bad for housing.
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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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What does this case study imply for housing in the U.S., as a whole?
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Is this an amazing idea that could have transformative benefits for people…or a horrible idea ripe for corruption and mismanagement?
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Two podcast recommendations offer different takes on how the Strong Towns approach can help cities keep the promises they made to the people who live in them.
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A recent article states that “real progress on climate change will require innovations that some on the left won’t like.” What’s the Strong Towns response?
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The U.S. Department of Transportation would have you think it cares about equity—but budgets are often more telling than rhetoric.
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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?
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We love organically grown, incrementally developed cities…but could we replicate their success if we started a new city from scratch?
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Should states and counties push back against local governments to crack open more options for housing, or will that be counterproductive?
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Rosemarie Rossetti is an author, speaker, and leader in the field of universal design.
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Every time gasoline and oil prices spike, Americans panic—but don’t do anything to change the system. This is a cycle that cannot continue.
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Jessie Singer, Jason Slaughter, and Chuck Marohn join together in this must-listen episode of The Politics of Everything to explain why people keep dying on our roads.
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Wondering what our past podcast guests are up to? We checked in with four of them to hear about their progress.
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L.A. is facing an increasing problem with homelessness. Can it learn something from the efforts of another large Sunbelt city?
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Since the start of the pandemic, traffic deaths have increased, despite the fact that fewer people are driving. Why do we continue to blame this on drivers, instead of faulty road design?
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These small towns in Kansas are offering land and housing at a steal in an attempt to fortify their shrinking tax bases. What does this mean for the future of rural America?
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When her marriage of 17 years ended, this now-single mother found herself without a home in an expensive city. The solution she found? Co-housing with two other single parents.
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Some large companies are pivoting their real-estate models toward building more compact, mixed-use centers for their corporate campuses. Is this good or bad for America’s suburbs?
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