Like many Strong Towns advocates, you may struggle with imposter syndrome, feeling like you’re not qualified enough to talk to city officials and staff about changing the way cities are designed or operated. But it’s essential that you keep speaking up. Here’s why.
Read MoreDesigning streets to encourage safe behavior is a powerful tool for creating lasting prosperity. But when cars are designed to encourage unsafe behavior, it threatens to undo that progress.
Read MoreOne of the most frustrating things about transportation policy is the obvious double standard when it comes to cars versus everything else.
Read MoreOn this week’s episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, host Chuck Marohn responds to some of the commonly cited arguments in favors of speed cameras.
Read MoreSpeed cameras are not even part of a solution to street safety. They are a dead end.
Read MoreDrivers tend to unconsciously regulate their speed based on visual cues. By taking some simple steps to narrow a street visually, we can make it less dangerous.
Read MoreDDOT lacks the tools and leadership to move aggressively to make DC’s streets safe, argue two advocates with local government experience.
Read MoreA destroyed roadside sign in Mattapoisett, MA, highlights the dangers of the street it formerly stood on.
Read MoreAs much as we might like to think that speed limits alone will keep people safe from car crashes, they simply aren’t enough.
Read MoreSigns that plead for drivers to not run over children don’t actually do much to prevent crashes. In an age where streets belong to cars, however, what can we do to protect our kids?
Read MoreYou may be surprised by how often corners are designed for speed, not safety. The good news is, this can be fixed.
Read MoreMassDOT has proposed an expensive plan to reduce congestion in Fairhaven, MA…by causing congestion?
Read MoreBlue Zones Director of Innovation and Inspiration Dan Burden talks about challenges exist in changing our built environment, and what stood out in the crash he analyzed on a recent Crash Analysis Studio episode.
Read MoreThis Strong Towns member was skeptical of claims that a speed trap had successfully slowed the cars on a local street…so, he conducted a speed study. Here are his results.
Read MoreFrustrated by cars speeding down your neighborhood street at 40 mph? Don’t blame the people driving the cars.
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 MoreNot Just Bikes has put together another brilliant video, this time explaining why we cannot manage the speeds on our roads separately from the design of our roads.
Read MoreEnforcement treats the symptoms of risky driving, not the cause. Here’s how to get to the root of the problem.
Read MoreNo. They’ve made more obvious a pre-existing epidemic of reckless street design.
Read MoreWe romanticize the power of our vehicles, while downplaying our obligations to safety and community…with deadly results.
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