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Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup
Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

YIGBYism, brothers, and quantitative easing. 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 26, 2022friday faves
Our On Again, Off Again, Infrastructure Future
Our On Again, Off Again, Infrastructure Future

Frequent power outages in California give pause to reflect on the overall fragility of our built environment.

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Top StoryJohnny SanphillippoAugust 26, 2022climate, Climate Change, infrastructure, infrastructure maintenance, maintenance, wildfire, california
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is…an Engineer Who “Saw the Light”
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is…an Engineer Who “Saw the Light”

This engineer has been a Strong Towns advocate and member for a decade.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 25, 2022engineers, podcast
Our Kids Shouldn’t Solve the School Bus Driver Shortage by Walking Through “Death Valley”
Our Kids Shouldn’t Solve the School Bus Driver Shortage by Walking Through “Death Valley”

Just like last year, we’re facing a bus driver shortage. Some are asking why our kids can’t just walk, bike, or take public transit to school, but the answer isn’t that simple.

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Top StoryJay StangeAugust 25, 2022Safe Routes to Schools, children, schools, bus, buses, transportation, pedestrians, safe and productive streets, safety
2 College Towns Leading the Way on Land-Use Reform
2 College Towns Leading the Way on Land-Use Reform

Although they stand in very different parts of the country, these college towns are spearheading the push to eliminate harmful, longstanding land-use policies.

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Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesAugust 25, 2022zoning, college, Land Use, local regulation, parking minimums, single-family, housing, Incremental Housing, success stories, end parking mandates and subsidies, florida, michigan
New York's New Experiment in Fighting Gridlock
New York's New Experiment in Fighting Gridlock

America’s first experiment with charging a toll to enter a congested urban area is going to begin in New York City next year.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 24, 2022podcast, congestion, congestion pricing, traffic congestion, toll roads, transportation, traffic engineering, upzoned, new york
Local Leaders, Come Join Us on Discord
Local Leaders, Come Join Us on Discord

Strong Towns Local Conversation leaders are hanging out on Discord!

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Top StoryJohn PattisonAugust 24, 2022announcement, local conversations
What Causes Traffic Problems? Updating Your Mental Model
What Causes Traffic Problems? Updating Your Mental Model

Part of why we can't agree on constructive solutions to traffic congestion is that our basic mental model of what causes traffic is wrong. But what if we made a slight update to that model?

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Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesAugust 24, 2022traffic congestion, traffic engineering, transportation, congestion, density, development
Build Galesburg for People, Not Cars
Build Galesburg for People, Not Cars

Galesburg, IL, is talking about Strong Towns ideas, centered around a question that many Strong Towns readers are familiar with: “Is our downtown built for cars instead of people?”

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Top StorySeairra JonesAugust 23, 2022downtown, main street, car dependency, auto-oriented, people centered places, design, incrementalism, bottom-up, small towns, illinois
If You Want People to Use Public Transit, Connect the Places Where People Want to Walk
If You Want People to Use Public Transit, Connect the Places Where People Want to Walk

The Strong Towns team got together recently and used some of Minneapolis’s public transit. Here’s our reflections from that experience.

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Top StoryJay StangeAugust 23, 2022transit, public transportation, transportation, Not Just Bikes, minnesota
Want to Build Community on Your Street? Just Hit "Print"!
Want to Build Community on Your Street? Just Hit "Print"!

Sometimes, building connections with your neighbors is as simple as hosting a block party.

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Top StoryNorman Van Eeden PetersmanAugust 22, 2022neighborliness, community, community building, neighborhoods
A Rough Beast Slouches Toward the Brent Spence Bridge
A Rough Beast Slouches Toward the Brent Spence Bridge

As local and regional politicians move forward on a $3 billion highway widening project, a local group of activists in Cincinnati are fighting for an alternative plan.

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Top StoryRyan CraneAugust 22, 2022highways, freeway widening, race, infrastructure, infrastructure cult, transportation, transportation spending, end highway expansion, ohio
An Ode to the Early Morning Workers
An Ode to the Early Morning Workers

This Sunday, our Neighborhood Storyteller gets up before the crack of dawn—and reflects on the sights and the people in our communities who normally go unseen by those who work a nine-to-five.

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Neighborhood Storyteller, Top StoryKarla TheilenAugust 21, 2022neighborhood storyteller, community
Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup
Friday Faves - Your Weekly Strong Towns Roundup

Introversion, chalk horses, and automation. 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 19, 2022friday faves
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Campaigning to Get Rid of an Urban Highway
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Campaigning to Get Rid of an Urban Highway

Amy Stelly is advocating to remove a harmful highway in her New Orleans neighborhood.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 18, 2022highways, end highway expansion, podcast, louisiana
Strongest Town Contest Sister Cities Come Together
Strongest Town Contest Sister Cities Come Together

Representatives from Norwood, OH, went to visit their counterparts in Jasper, IN, after facing off in this year’s Strongest Town Contest. Here’s 7 reasons the Norwoodians found Jasper to be a worthy champion!

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Top StoryAlisha Loch and Mary C MillerAugust 18, 2022Strongest Town Winner, Strongest Town 2022, community, public space, public investment, strongest town contest, indiana, ohio
Strong Towns Coast to Coast
Strong Towns Coast to Coast

Being a Strong Towns advocate is less intimidating, more effective, and, frankly, more fun when you’re not doing the work alone. Find a Local Conversation near you!

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Top StoryJohn PattisonAugust 17, 2022local conversations, advocacy, community building
Can Hamilton, Ontario, Hold the Line on Development—Literally?
Can Hamilton, Ontario, Hold the Line on Development—Literally?

This Canadian city made an unprecedented decision to stop expanding its urban growth boundary. What comes next?

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Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesAugust 17, 2022growth, sprawl, infill, Infill Development, canada, suburban experiment, growth ponzi scheme
Can America’s Unfair Property Tax System Ever Be Fixed?
Can America’s Unfair Property Tax System Ever Be Fixed?

Strong Towns interviews Dr. Christopher Berry, of the University of Chicago, on how we can begin making meaningful changes to the U.S.’s broken property tax system.

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Top StorySeairra JonesAugust 16, 2022property tax, Just Accounting for Health, interview, finance, public finance, municipal finance, Assessments, urban3, transparent local accounting, illinois, local economy
Where Are All Our Front Yard Businesses?
Where Are All Our Front Yard Businesses?

Front yard businesses were once a natural stage in the evolution of a community. So where have they all gone, and how do we bring them back?

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Top StoryJohn PattisonAugust 16, 2022business, small business, local business, zoning, entrepreneurs, neighborhoods
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