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The Road Expansion Lobby Doesn’t Want You to Read This
The Road Expansion Lobby Doesn’t Want You to Read This

Let’s bust five myths on this highway expansion project.

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Top StoryMichel Durand-WoodMay 15, 2023highways, highway spending, local government, budget, freeway widening, induced demand, end highway expansion, transparent local accounting, canada
5 Reasons Why Office-to-Residential Conversions Are a Serious Challenge
5 Reasons Why Office-to-Residential Conversions Are a Serious Challenge

Many agree that encouraging residential construction in underutilized urban areas is a good idea, but here’s why turning an office building into an apartment isn’t always so easy, in practice.

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Top StoryBen AbramsonMay 12, 2023Incremental Housing, housing, downtown, developers, development
No Community Should Have To Wait a Year or More To Take Action After a Traffic Death
No Community Should Have To Wait a Year or More To Take Action After a Traffic Death

When someone loses their life on your community’s streets, everyone needs to be prepared to take immediate action to prevent future deaths.

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Edward Erfurt, Top StoryEdward ErfurtMay 12, 2023Crash Analysis Studio, car crash, safety, pedestrians, little bets, safe and productive streets
The Federal Government’s Congestion Mitigation Money Almost Paid for a Parking Garage
The Federal Government’s Congestion Mitigation Money Almost Paid for a Parking Garage

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is concerned about decreased ridership on public transit... So, why is it pushing for time and money to be spent on more car infrastructure?

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News, Top StoryAsia MieleszkoMay 11, 2023transit, transportation, infrastructure, garages, end parking mandates and subsidies, pennsylvania, public transportation
Connecting With Your Community Is Easier (and More Powerful) Than You May Think
Connecting With Your Community Is Easier (and More Powerful) Than You May Think

And it begins with just showing up!

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Emma Durand-Wood, Community Stories, Top StoryEmma Durand-WoodMay 11, 2023community, community building, local conversations
The Problems With Police Crash Reports
The Problems With Police Crash Reports

More and more transportation agencies are incorporating the use of police crash reports to determine empirically if a road is safe. Here’s why that doesn’t work.

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Top StorySeairra JonesMay 10, 2023Crash Analysis Studio, car crash, policing, transportation, pedestrians, department of transportation, safe and productive streets, engineers
Fighting the Highway in Your Backyard
Fighting the Highway in Your Backyard

These Louisiana advocates are on the front lines taking on the powerful network of highway-building interests—and they’re here to teach you how to do that work in your community, too.

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Top StoryStrong TownsMay 10, 2023National Gathering
Is Parking Reform Hurting the Poor in San Francisco?
Is Parking Reform Hurting the Poor in San Francisco?

Public policy has winners and losers, and parking reform is, unfortunately, no exception. So how should that knowledge impact the way we approach parking reform?

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Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesMay 10, 2023parking minimums, poverty, housing, housing affordability, housing cost, end parking mandates and subsidies, california
A Welcome Sign in Texas Kept Getting Hit. TxDOT Wanted Nothing To Do With It.
A Welcome Sign in Texas Kept Getting Hit. TxDOT Wanted Nothing To Do With It.

TxDOT’s inertia in response to this series of crashes in Killeen, TX, exhibits just how narrowly transportation agencies view their commitment to road safety.

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News, Top StoryAsia MieleszkoMay 9, 2023DOT, transportation, car crash, safety, public safety, engineers, traffic engineering, texas, safe and productive streets
Give a Little Grace
Give a Little Grace

Rapid villainization is easy; grace for city staffers and elected officials is the harder path.

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Owens, Top StoryTiffany Owens ReedMay 9, 2023city government, local government, city council, advocacy
We Just Dropped the Full Agenda for National Gathering 2023!
We Just Dropped the Full Agenda for National Gathering 2023!

We’ve finalized the calendar for the event (May 30–31 in Charlotte, NC), and it’s not too late to get your ticket and join us there.

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Strong TownsMay 9, 2023National Gathering
Alan Fisher and CityNerd to Join Strong Towns at the National Gathering
Alan Fisher and CityNerd to Join Strong Towns at the National Gathering

Join Alan Fisher, CityNerd, Tiffany Owens Reed, and John Simmerman as they teach you how to get started on content creation and reach new audiences receptive to the Strong Towns message.

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Top StoryStrong TownsMay 8, 2023National Gathering
Strong Towns Chats Lead to $100k Grant for Sioux Falls Neighborhood
Strong Towns Chats Lead to $100k Grant for Sioux Falls Neighborhood

In 2018, a group of concerned citizens met in a South Dakota coffee shop to talk about their city’s problems. Now, they’re working with a $100k budget for small-scale—but big-impact—projects in their community.

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Community Stories, Top StoryBen AbramsonMay 8, 2023community building, local conversations, success stories, small bets, community development, south dakota, neighborhoods
Strong Towns National Gathering: Learn How To Fight Parking Mandates From the Experts
Strong Towns National Gathering: Learn How To Fight Parking Mandates From the Experts

Join us at the Strong Towns National Gathering to hear from Tony Jordan and Jane Wilberding of the Parking Reform Network!

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Top StoryStrong TownsMay 5, 2023National Gathering
Envisioning a Safer Future for This Deadly Intersection in Richmond, VA
Envisioning a Safer Future for This Deadly Intersection in Richmond, VA

Richmond, VA, architect Erik Bootsma shows through some simple (but effective) illustrations how a dangerous intersection can be made safer.

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Edward Erfurt, Top StoryEdward ErfurtMay 5, 2023Crash Analysis Studio, intersections, safety, car crash, pedestrians, safe and productive streets
A Quarter of Downtown Dallas Is Parking Lots. Could That Change?
A Quarter of Downtown Dallas Is Parking Lots. Could That Change?

As Dallas examines its land use plan, it's time to talk about parking lots.

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Top StoryBethany EricksonMay 4, 2023parking minimums, parking pricing, texas, end parking mandates and subsidies
The Hidden Lessons of Catastrophic Tree Loss
The Hidden Lessons of Catastrophic Tree Loss

Having a city filled with one type of tree may look pretty, but what happens when pests or pestilence start killing off that particular tree species en masse?

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Emma Durand-Wood, Community Stories, Top StoryEmma Durand-WoodMay 4, 2023street trees, fragility, canada, antifragility
An Abandoned Downtown Equals a Pot of Gold?
An Abandoned Downtown Equals a Pot of Gold?

Developers are starting to view downtown abandoned office buildings as easy cash—that is, if you can find the right sort of abandoned office.

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Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsMay 3, 2023podcast, developers, development pattern, downtown, redevelopment, upzoned
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Isn’t a Park Project, It’s a Highway Expansion
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Isn’t a Park Project, It’s a Highway Expansion

NYCDOT is dangling the prospect of "park-like opportunities" in order to advance its latest highway expansion project, but New Yorkers aren't buying it.

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News, Top StoryAsia MieleszkoMay 3, 2023highways, freeway widening, parks, DOT, induced demand, department of transportation, end highway expansion, new york
On Learning to Not Avoid “Politics”
On Learning to Not Avoid “Politics”

Advocating for stronger towns eventually means engaging with your city’s systems of governance.

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Owens, Top StoryTiffany Owens ReedMay 2, 2023advocacy, public engagement, politics
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