Love letters to the built world, riding the bus, and NIMBYism. 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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Strong Towns member Ari Feinsmith is making streets safer in his California town, hosting free bike repair events and more.
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Small-scale, incremental development works in the suburbs too, if we let it.
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Sometimes, it’s worth it to take a step back from national news and pay attention to the things that are happening in your own community.
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You should be wary of anyone who claims to speak for “the community” or “the public,” especially when it’s in lieu of telling you who will benefit from the actions they support.
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Downtown Leesburg, Virginia, goes car free for one weekend.
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It’s not easy to live without a car when you have young children, but it’s certainly possible. Plus, having to walk can help you build unexpected connections with your community.
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This week, our Neighborhood Storyteller reflects on ways she stays connected—at least in spirit—with her community, even when she’s physically far away.
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40,000 people die in automobile accidents every year in the United States. So why aren’t we responding to this obvious problem with more urgency?
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As an ad hoc committee recently discovered, owners of higher-valued properties are more likely to receive a tax break…simply because of bad data.
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What do we mean when we say that street design is a large factor responsible for traffic deaths?
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Stellar nurseries, violins, and horror novelists. 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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San José adds itself to the list of cities that are doing away with harmful parking minimums!
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As people interested in undoing damage caused by the rise of the suburban development pattern, how should we feel about so-called “McMain Streets”?
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Strong Towns member Montavius Jones is committed to making Milwaukee, WI, a better place to live for everyone.
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Our streets are still dangerous by design. This report shows what we need to do about it.
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Residents of Maricopa County in Arizona find themselves engaged in a war over water, as the county builds itself out beyond its means.
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Finally, homes for people will no longer be conditional on car parking.
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Progress on climate change can and will come if we use a bottom-up approach to changing our development pattern.
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City leaders in Springfield, MA, recently started a project to calm traffic on State Street, one of the city’s deadliest places for walkers and bikers.
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