The city of Edmonton, AB, has passed substantial zoning reforms that officials and housing advocates hope will generate more infill construction and help the fast-growing city add housing to keep pace.
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Restrictive zoning can make it so that smaller residential developments face the same prohibitively expensive restrictions as larger commercial units. But the state of North Carolina has passed a new bill to address this issue.
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Los Angeles is often held up as the case study for car-centric development run amok, but in recent years, the city has been pursuing a completely different path: public transit champion.
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Maryland legislators have called for an infrastructure review of every crash that causes the death of a pedestrian or cyclist on state highways—but one local advocate is checking the state’s work, and there’s some problems with it.
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The momentum for ADUs gets a big boost from the federal government with a new policy to encourage homes with rental units.
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Residents of the Farmers Market District in Dallas, TX, thought they were buying into a “walkable” neighborhood…except its 9-lane road is too dangerous to walk by. And the city’s attempts at making it safer aren’t helping.
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Detroit’s local leaders have long favored eliminating I-375, a sunken highway separating the eastern parts of the city from downtown…but MDOT’s plan to convert it into a six-lane road is not the future they envisioned.
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Freeway fighters in California may have found a friend in Caltrans—if not for the fact that she was allegedly terminated for opposing two of the state’s forthcoming highway construction projects.
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State College, PA, voted to authorize eminent domain to demolish three downtown businesses for a parking garage. In response, a Strong Towns Local Conversation group mobilized opposition to the project.
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There was a major housing development scandal in Canada this summer…but it’s not the one you think.
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Strong Towns ideas made it to the U.S. Senate this month. In a hearing called “Housing Supply and Innovation,” the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs heard from expert witnesses about America’s housing crisis.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has proposed a substantial set of reforms to enable incremental and missing-middle housing solutions and add 100,000 new housing units to the city.
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Like many other places around the U.S., Philadelphia is facing school bus driver shortages and bus scheduling issues. Its solution? Offer $300 per month to families that drive their children to school.
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Add Phoenix, AZ, to the list of cities embracing accessory dwelling units as a tool to tackle the housing crisis.
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The culmination of a 24-year process, these new guidelines promise to make American towns and cities safer and more predictable for users of all abilities.
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Ottawa’s “jaywalking” campaign is putting pedestrians in an impossible catch-22.
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In Minneapolis and St. Paul, parking reform has helped increase the overall supply of homes, reduce the cost of construction, and shift the cities toward a less car-centric design.
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Autonomous vehicle companies have expanded operations throughout San Francisco. What are the results so far? Multiple crashes, first responders blocked on their way to emergencies, and a whole host of other incidences.
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An advocacy group was able to respond immediately to make this intersection in San Francisco safer, following a deadly crash—so why can’t the city do the same?
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In the wake of a 15-year-old bicyclist’s death, bicycle advocacy organizations from across California have come together to release a joint statement demanding safer streets.
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