"Be the change you want to see in the world." It’s a slogan many aspire to live by, including Professor Gingrich of Dordt University in Iowa. He’s doing just that this year, bringing his students to the forefront of the evolving traffic engineering field by training them in crash analysis and safe street design.
Read MorePeople find it easy to blame a drunk driver for an accident, but what about a drunk pedestrian?
Read MoreThis Member Week, we’re offering a special opportunity to hear one of our most popular Strong Towns presentations, free of charge!
Read MoreThis Member Week, we’re offering a special opportunity to hear one of our most popular Strong Towns presentations, free of charge!
Read MoreAn epidemic of roadway deaths aren’t caused by random rule breakers. The cause is the rule followers. It’s time to change the rules mandating speed and volume over safety and cost.
Read MoreThis video series shows why engineers have such different priorities from the rest of us. As Planetizen puts it, “If you’re not yet outraged, prepare to be.”
Read MoreWhen we hand our whole transportation system to engineers, we shouldn’t be surprised that the values of their profession override the values of the public. It’s time for a new paradigm.
Read MoreThis week we’ve got a special treat: both the video and audio from a conversation between Chuck Marohn and renowned urban planner and walkability expert Jeff Speck.
Read MorePeople are talking about Confessions of a Recovering Engineer. Here's what they're saying.
Read MoreDozens of people have been killed by vehicles on State Street in Springfield, Massachusetts over the last seven years. The public is clamoring for change, but city staff aren’t getting the message. Here’s what’s being lost in translation.
Read MoreChuck holds a Q&A session with Confessions of a Recovering Engineer readers.
Read MoreStrong Towns advocates in Wichita are changing that city’s conversation around how to build a better transportation system.
Read More#1: Stop framing every problem as a transportation problem.
Read MoreToday we share some of the confessions we’ve received from readers both involved in and victimized by America’s broken transportation system.
Read MoreConfessions of a Recovering Engineer is now available in audiobook format!
Read MoreThe Confessions book has been out for about two weeks now. Here’s what the early reviews are saying.
Read MoreFellow “recovering” engineer Kevin Shepherd offers his confessions: “Looking back now, I can say that many projects I designed actually hurt people and their communities.”
Read MoreWhy is it that traffic engineers seem to value the flow of cars over human lives and safety? Are they just sociopaths?
Read MoreIn general, engineers treat cities like a physics problem, but what we need is engineers who are able to humbly grasp the overwhelming complexity of human habitat and work.
Read MoreChuck Marohn joins this week’s show to talk about his new book.
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