We lost more than just food access when we stripped small shops out of residential neighborhoods.
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A university campus in Norman, OK, presents a good case study in why transportation engineers must take care when designing streets adjacent to important civic institutions.
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In recent years, a rapidly growing number of cities across North America have begun repealing harmful, wasteful parking minimums. Here are a few highlights from the first half of 2023.
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This festival has all the elements that make for a thriving downtown—elements that should be present year-round.
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After a summer of public outreach, the Seattle Department of Transportation is hearing recurring themes people want for the future of a local street.
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Cities and towns big and small across the nation are ending parking minimums.
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Despite overwhelming local opposition, the Ohio government is forcing an interchange project on the city of Brunswick, threatening homes and funds that had originally been set aside for walkability projects.
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation says they’re “rethinking” this freeway, but then came up with 10 proposals for roads for automobiles, just of different configurations. How rethought is that, really?
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On July 20, 2023, the city council of Austin, TX, passed resolutions that advocates hope will help ease the city’s ongoing housing crisis.
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The critique of car dependence is nothing new for Strong Towns readers—but here’s one that may make you think a little more deeply about the tradeoffs and illusions baked into North America’s transportation industry.
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We talk with Tristan Cleveland, an urban planner and research specialist for Happy Cities, about how to design safer streets.
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Freeport, ME, is famous as the home of LL Bean, but in the aftermath of the retail apocalypse and increasing vacancy rates, town officials and residents are asking, “What do we want downtown Freeport to be?”
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Please join us in welcoming our new curriculum writer and administrative assistant!
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On July 17, 2023, Spokane City Council adopted an interim ordinance that makes off-street parking optional for all housing that’s within half a mile of a transit stop.
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On this episode of The Bottom-Up Revolution, we chat with LeVette Fuller about her work in Shreveport, LA, and the new ideas she’s bringing to her city.
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A local fitness center in Chisholm, MN, shows that you don’t need to look far outside of your city or town to find the best people to develop it.
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The notion that there is strength in smallness can be found everywhere in the Strong Towns approach—but what’s so special about small?
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We ask architect and urban designer Jennifer Griffin for her thoughts on creating spaces that support people’s ability to live in community with each other.
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Houston has long been a poster child for urban planning ills—but now it’s set to pass a revision of its land-use ordinances that could trigger a wave of construction for missing-middle housing.
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A 2020 study revealed that areas around streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. are more segregated and poorer than the United States average. Now, data shows property values in these areas are affected, as well.
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