“We can’t just convert stroads into streets or roads... we need to change the land-use around these stroads."

"Cities can be so wonderful for so many people. Let’s not screw this up."

What a town in Indiana can teach us about bottom-up building.

What if the only way to open your dream cafe involved demolishing half of it?

A lesson from the tactical urbanism playbook appeared on one of the city's most dangerous streets.

Oklahoma residents discovered their homes were in the path of a massive highway expansion through local news, not official channels. Now a court has ruled the turnpike authority deliberately misled the public.

Sometimes all you need to make a street less dangerous for kids is a tape measure, paint roller, and a few hundred dollars of road paint.

In 2019, my basket of cookie baking ingredients cost $49.94. In 2022, that same basket costs $64.48.

While other places keep finding ways to say “no” to new housing, this Indiana city is offering pre-approved development templates to small-scale developers at no cost.

“Who is the first, or next, person, business, or entity that is going to come in and make something of this place? What does that wave of succession look like? And are we allowing that action to occur?”

"So, here's the problem..." Transit is a wealth accelerator. Why aren't we thinking of it that way?

A top-down approach to addressing accidents fails to make streets safer. A local approach could change that.

There are thousands of stroad sections in the US. Transforming a good number of them is important to to the goal of improving quality of life and mobility in cities and towns.

Building affordable housing seems like a win for cities struggling in the Housing Trap. But between its top-down nature and the public subsidies it requires, affordable housing can actually make things worse.

These crashes aren’t accidents—they’re the predictable result of streets designed to forgive high-speed driving, even if that means putting people in harm’s way.

Have we optimized for a built environment that's hostile to its original inhabitants?

"Waco’s freak blizzard last year was a perfect window into seeing a city that isn’t winter ready."

Car-oriented suburban design often leaves people navigating empty, isolating spaces that feel unsafe—even in the middle of the day.

Americans drove less during the early months of the pandemic, yet traffic fatalities increased. Experts thought fatality rates would've since reverted. That didn’t happen.

What grandma's recipe for Christmas cookies tells us about inflation.

It's not just about what its being built, but who is doing the building.

What does it take to do small-scale development successfully today?