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The Deadliest Stroad in America
The Deadliest Stroad in America

Find out why this stretch of Floridian stroad has been nicknamed “death valley” by locals.

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Top StoryJay StangeAugust 16, 2022safety, car crash, pedestrians, Street Design, stroad, safe and productive streets, florida
Not Just Bikes and Strong Towns: What America Keeps Getting Wrong About Public Transit
Not Just Bikes and Strong Towns: What America Keeps Getting Wrong About Public Transit

Why is it that in the U.S. and Canada, we're always being told that we can't justify the ridership for transit projects? And why is it that when we do build transit, it struggles to gain riders?

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Podcast, Marohn, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 15, 2022podcast, Not Just Bikes, transit, suburban transit, canada, transportation, public transportation, europe
Why Is Rhode Island Building New Roads When Its Current Roads Are Falling Apart?
Why Is Rhode Island Building New Roads When Its Current Roads Are Falling Apart?

Rhode Island has built far more highways than it can afford to maintain. So why on earth is it building another one?

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Marohn, Top StoryCharles MarohnAugust 15, 2022highways, highway spending, maintenance, infrastructure, infrastructure cult, Nero Project, Rhode Island, DOT, roads, end highway expansion
“I Can’t Remember the Name of That Place, but I’ll Never Forget the View”
“I Can’t Remember the Name of That Place, but I’ll Never Forget the View”

On this Neighborhood Storyteller Sunday, Karla’s dentist—a local hero of sorts—gives her unexpected pause for reflection.

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Neighborhood Storyteller, Top StoryKarla TheilenAugust 14, 2022neighborhood storyteller
Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup
Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

Dutch-style bikes, code snitching, and media theorists. 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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Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 12, 2022friday faves
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Starting an Electric Bike Business
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Starting an Electric Bike Business

These Strong Towns advocates started an electric bike company in Calgary, AB, and are passionate about how biking changes the way you see your city.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 11, 2022The Bottom-Up Revolution, e-bikes, biking, family, small business, podcast
The "Other Story" of Buffalo
The "Other Story" of Buffalo

This year, Buffalo, NY, made headlines around the U.S. in the wake of a tragic shooting. But there’s another story to tell about Buffalo as a city, and it’s about decline and revitalization.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 10, 2022podcast, decline, revitalization, upzoned, new york
Calling All Strong-Towns-Minded Job Seekers and Employers!
Calling All Strong-Towns-Minded Job Seekers and Employers!

Are you a Strong Towns advocate looking for a job? Or an employer looking to hire a Strong Towns advocate? Well, have we got the resource for you.

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Top StoryJohn PattisonAugust 10, 2022jobs, Action Lab, announcement
We Often Don’t Think About Design—But It Tells Us How To Think
We Often Don’t Think About Design—But It Tells Us How To Think

Design affects us in a multitude of ways, and when we look to nature as inspiration for designing the built environment, the core takeaways are: adaptation and incrementalism.

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Top StorySeairra JonesAugust 9, 2022design, urban design, Neighborhood Design, aesthetics, incrementalism, incremental, incremental development, incremental growth, zoning, traditional development pattern
Can New Jersey Supermarkets Predict an End to the Suburban Experiment?
Can New Jersey Supermarkets Predict an End to the Suburban Experiment?

The trajectory of these Jersey supermarkets is a microcosm of how the suburban experiment altered small towns, turning them from tiny cities into suburban lifestyle accouterments.

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Top StoryAddison Del MastroAugust 9, 2022main street, big box stores, small towns, suburban experiment, suburbanization, local economy, new jersey
Subtracting to the Better City
Subtracting to the Better City

Counterintuitive though it may feel, sometimes to build a better city, we need to prune things back, rather than adding more.

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Top StorySeth ZerenAugust 9, 2022freeway removal, highways, freeways, zoning, housing crisis, development
“Bias Writ Large” in the Property Tax Assessment System
“Bias Writ Large” in the Property Tax Assessment System

There are some obvious anomalies that are being overlooked in the property tax assessment system. Joe Minicozzi of Urban3 pulls back the curtain in this episode of the Strong Towns Podcast.

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Podcast, Marohn, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 8, 2022podcast, finance, public finance, municipal finance, Just Accounting for Health, North Carolina, urban3, taxes, transparent local accounting, local economy
When It Comes to Child Safety, We Deserve Better Than Car Seats
When It Comes to Child Safety, We Deserve Better Than Car Seats

With a baby on the way, I’ve been lectured multiple times about safe car seats, and heard nothing about how to minimize the most dangerous activity people do with their children: drive.

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Top StoryRachel QuednauAugust 8, 2022children, car culture, car dependency, cars, auto-oriented, car crash, walkability, transportation, safety
The Truth Will Come Through
The Truth Will Come Through

Our Neighborhood Storyteller is now coming to you on Sundays, and this week we’ve got a story about building connections with others!

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Neighborhood Storyteller, Top StoryKarla TheilenAugust 7, 2022neighborhood storyteller, radio
Henderson Highway Blues
Henderson Highway Blues

A mother reflects on the fears she faces while navigating a dangerous highway with her children, as pedestrians.

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Top Story, Emma Durand-WoodEmma Durand-WoodAugust 5, 2022highways, canada, pedestrians, walkability, children, safe and productive streets, safety
10 Recommendations for Freeway Fighters
10 Recommendations for Freeway Fighters

From one freeway fighter to any aspiring freeway fighters out there: Here’s 10 things to keep in mind as you advocate for highway removal in your community.

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Top StoryJay ArzuAugust 4, 2022highways, freeway removal, freeways, urban freeways, advocacy, taking action, infrastructure, end highway expansion
If We Build Cities for Kids, We Build Cities for Everyone
If We Build Cities for Kids, We Build Cities for Everyone

Can you walk down your local streets with your kids—without gripping their hands and anxiously eying traffic—and feel comfortable and relaxed? If not, something’s wrong with the design of those streets.

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Top StoryJay StangeAugust 3, 2022safety, children, streets, Street Design, design, walkability, pedestrians, safe and productive streets
Indianapolis Transit Design Prioritizes People Over Parking
Indianapolis Transit Design Prioritizes People Over Parking

Leadership in Indianapolis has taken strides toward lifting parking minimums, and making their city less car dependent and more transit friendly—all while keeping their fiscal house in order.

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Top StoryKerry HayesAugust 2, 2022transit, car dependency, incrementalism, buses, Light Rail, transportation, success stories, urban3, indiana, infrastructure, public transportation
One of the Most Dangerous Assumptions We Have Made
One of the Most Dangerous Assumptions We Have Made

Car crashes aren’t the result of mere human error or recklessness, they’re the result of design. Beth Osborne of Transportation for America digs into this in our latest podcast episode.

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Podcast, Marohn, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 1, 2022podcast, car crash, cars, car culture, traffic engineering, safety, safe and productive streets
Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup
Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

Emergent Tokyo, art restoration, and the right to repair. 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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Top StoryStrong TownsJuly 29, 2022friday faves
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