New Report: America’s Epidemic of Traffic Deaths Is Getting Worse

Our streets are still dangerous by design. This report shows what we need to do about it.

City Wants To Transform 14-Mile-Long Stroad

This vital corridor in El Paso is getting a makeover!

Here’s Why We Respond in Force to One Amtrak Crash While Ignoring Thousands of Daily Car Crashes

A top-down approach to addressing accidents fails to make streets safer. A local approach could change that.

Sidewalk Cycling Explained

It can be intimidating for inexperienced cyclists to ride in the road with cars. If that’s you and you’d prefer to use the sidewalk, here’s how to do so safely and respectfully.

Seven Stroads That Have Been Converted to Streets

There are thousands of stroad sections in the US. Transforming a good number of them is important to to the goal of improving quality of life and mobility in cities and towns.

"We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia"

In this Not Just Bikes video, Jason Slaughter explains how raising children in the suburbs significantly restricts their ability to be independent.

Suburban Experiment, Video, Top StoryJay StangeJune 23, 2022suburbs, suburban experiment, suburban development pattern, suburbanization, Not Just Bikes, children, Safety, safety, car dependency, car culture

We're Advocating for Safe and Productive Streets

It’s high time that we start building streets that prioritize safety and community over throughput of traffic.

#SlowtheCars, Marohn, Membership, Roads and Streets, Top StoryCharles MarohnJune 6, 2022Safe and Productive Streets, #SlowTheCars, streets, Street Design, member drive, design, Safety, safety, memweek strategic plan series

How to Calm a Street, Starting with Your Own Anger

Frustrated by cars speeding down your neighborhood street at 40 mph? Don’t blame the people driving the cars.

A 3-D Approach to Public Investment

What can these 3-D crosswalks teach us about investing in our communities’ needs?

#SlowtheCars, Transportation, Top StoryCam GallantMay 2, 2022Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, pedestrian crossing, pedestrians, Crosswalk, streets, #SlowTheCars, Safety, safety, tactical urbanism, Tactical Urbanism, public investment, walkability

Why Transportation Nudges Are Stupid

Marketing campaigns to shame or shock don't change driver behavior. Changing the environment they drive in will.

#SlowtheCars, Marohn, Transportation, Top StoryCharles MarohnMay 2, 2022Safety, safety, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, car culture, car crash, transportation, #SlowTheCars, pedestrians

Let's Change the Way We Look at Shared Problems by Starting Some Conversations

We love all the great videos people are making about Strong Towns-related topics! This one explains why high bicycling rates are safer for all road users.

Bikeability, Video, Top StoryJay StangeApril 29, 2022Safety, safety, bicycling, biking, bikeability, bikes, bike lanes, bike infrastructure

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

A Strong Town Designs Its Places for All, Not Just Cars

When we design our streets to make them safer for people with disabilities, it also makes them safer for people, as a whole.

#SlowtheCars, Roads and Streets, Walkability, Top StorySteve WrightApril 15, 2022disability, Disability, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, pedestrian crossing, #PedestrianUnfriendly, walkability, Safety, safety, Florida, #SlowTheCars

Is There a Place for Animals in a Strong Town?

Humans aren’t the only “pedestrians” who benefit from safer, more walkable places.

#SlowtheCars, Walkability, Shayesteh, Top StoryShina ShayestehMarch 24, 2022walkability, Safety, safety, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, #PedestrianUnfriendly, #SlowTheCars, Japan, case studies, auto-oriented

Triple Threat: National Experts Destroy “Reckless Driving” Narrative

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.

#SlowtheCars, Podcast, Transportation, Top StoryLauren FisherMarch 14, 2022Podcast, podcast, guest podcast, traffic engineering, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, Safety, safety, #SlowTheCars, transportation

The Reckless Driver Narrative Is Reckless. Stop Spreading It.

If we want safe and productive streets, we have to focus on the deadly design of our public spaces and not be distracted by the scapegoating narrative of the “reckless driver.”

Marohn, Transportation, Top StoryCharles MarohnMarch 7, 2022traffic congestion, traffic engineering, Pedestrian Safety, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, #PedestrianUnfriendly, Safety, safety, public safety, Public Safety, transportation

Bake Sales for Crosswalks

Idahoan advocates had to get desperate to fund basic pedestrian safety features—all while the state DOT is budgeting $100 million to overhaul a single freeway interchange.

Are Traffic Engineers Sociopaths?

Why is it that traffic engineers seem to value the flow of cars over human lives and safety? Are they just sociopaths?

Just Another Pedestrian Killed

This one’s on you, engineering profession. Society is done tolerating this level of indifference, incompetence, and incoherence. What are you going to do?

#SlowtheCars, Walkability, For Newcomers, Greatest Hits, Engineering Profession, Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnSeptember 2, 2021Safety, safety, #PedestrianUnfriendly, Pedestrian Safety, engineering ethics, engineering profession, traffic engineering

Best of 2020: An Ordinary Intersection

An accidental photo essay courtesy of Street View provides us a look at the appallingly low standard for what we expect people who walk in suburbia to put up with.