This Is What It Takes To Be a Strong Town. Is Yours One?
What is a Strong Town? What does it mean to be part of the Strong Towns movement? We turned the camera around for a short reflection ahead of our National Gathering.
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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.
Advocating for stronger towns eventually means engaging with your city’s systems of governance.
How should engineers be thinking about building wealth in communities? That’s just one of the questions Chuck Marohn asks of Ian Lockwood, a recognized national leader in sustainable transportation policy and urban design.
Parking reform is gaining substantial momentum even in recent months—a policy development that will impact missing middle housing production, reuse of old buildings, and vehicle miles traveled, experts say.
At a glance, the sales tax is a nearly invisible revenue source that is also a cash cow. Yet, for local governments, it is the most distorting of taxes. Here’s why.
A cautionary tale on rain gardens.
The New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition responds to a proposed helmet mandate, explaining how while helmets increase safety for individuals, they can actually decrease safety for bicyclists, overall.
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MassDOT has proposed an expensive plan to reduce congestion in Fairhaven, MA…by causing congestion?
After 2.5 years of success, officials in Peekskill, NY, are threatening to open this community gathering place back up to motorized traffic—but locals aren’t taking this threat lying down.
A recent advertising insert in the Winnipeg Free Press would have us believe that road expansion will solve not only homelessness, but crime and addiction, as well. Let's investigate these lofty claims.
As traditional highway expansions are put on pause around the country, professionals and policymakers have an opportunity to move forward with a better approach. This book shows them how.
Americans need housing relief imminently. Despite what you may have heard, upzoning isn’t likely to be the thing that delivers that—but here's why it’s still worth pursuing.
The news of Paris restricting e-scooters has been widely criticized by urbanists and mobility advocates across the web. Here’s why it might not be such a bad call, after all.
Why is this official course from the International Association of Assessing Officers still teaching outdated redlining practices to categorize neighborhoods?
National Gathering
May 30–31, 2023, in Charlotte, NC
Join us at the Strong Towns National Gathering to hear from inspiring speakers, participate in hands-on workshops, and meet with fellow advocates. Get your tickets here!
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Richmond, VA, architect Erik Bootsma shows through some simple (but effective) illustrations how a dangerous intersection can be made safer.