$20 Million Broke This Street. $2 Million Can Begin To Fix It.

To build a Strong Town is to develop governing habits and shared cultural understandings that result in a long run of small wins that may be individually imperceptible but cumulatively result in broad and meaningful change. Today, I want to share one of those small wins with you.

Roundabouts Aren’t a Cure-All for Your Traffic Problems

Roundabouts are great, but completely replacing an intersection with a roundabout is an enormous project—and not the first one cities should jump to when taking the next smallest step to address traffic safety concerns.

Roundabout Woes in North Denver

Design flaws in these Denver roundabouts are undermining their potential as tools for calming traffic.

Top StorySeairra JonesJanuary 11, 2023Roundabouts, safety, traffic engineering, colorado, transportation, safe and productive streets

Let Main Streets Be Main Streets

A community should determine what kind of community it wants to be, not unelected DOT engineers.

Top StoryRobert SteutevilleFebruary 3, 2022main street, DOT, walkability, pedestrians, Roundabouts, small towns, urban design, engineers, cnu, new york

Low-cost, Temporary Changes Make for a Safer and Friendlier Street in Provo, Utah

A year after a 15-year-old was killed crossing the street from a rec center in Provo, Utah, these #StrongCitizens got together to demonstrate how much safer (and more pleasant) Provo’s city’s streets could be if not designed for high speed traffic. Find out how they did it.