Why hasn't there been more small-scale and incremental housing added in the Twin Cities after the zoning reform that was passed several years ago?
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Blue 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.
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What do you do when living your ideals feels impossible?
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“What if scrapping one flawed policy could bring U.S. cities closer to addressing debilitating housing shortages, stunted growth and innovation, persistent racial and economic segregation, and car-dependent development?”
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Oklahoma’s freeway fighters are resting a little easier this week, having learned that the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is halting all work related to the $15 billion turnpike expansion, ACCESS Oklahoma.
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Congratulations to the winner of the eighth annual Strongest Town Contest!
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City hall is an institution with a diversity of responsibilities serving your community, and in it lies an opportunity to observe how your local city operates and is managed.
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All too often, the job of development is handed to large developers with large swaths of cash to implement an all-at-once, large-scale development. This small-scale developer is showing how there is another (and better) way.
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When it comes to advocating for your place, you may feel overwhelmed by the scale of the problems, or feel that you don’t have the right skills to address them. But effective advocates come in all shapes and sizes.
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Why does multifamily housing has the same, copied look in most places?
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Milwaukee, WI, is now going to start charging more for parking in downtown. Here’s why that’s something to celebrate, rather than bemoan.
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Colorado's governor is backing an ambitious plan to address the state’s housing, in a bill similar to ones passed in California and Oregon, and proposed in other states.
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This arena promises to revitalize a portion of Philadelphia’s downtown that has been in economic decline. Here’s why locals are skeptical of these promises.
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Agar Road in Hyattsville, MD, has been lauded as a successful "Complete Street." But this so-called Complete Street is, in reality, completely dangerous—and a woman has lost her life because of it.
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Grappling with a recent housing crisis, Montanans are having to reckon with a new reality: that they’re where LA was at 100 years ago, and they’ll have to reform their zoning codes if they want to avoid becoming LA in the future.
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What exactly is “by right” development, and how might it not match what’s actually built in your community?
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Do you want the Strong Towns movement to go viral in your community? Not Just Bikes can help.
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Through a series of walk audits, local leaders in Peoria, IL, are not only observing the urban environment, but starting to understand how small, simple actions can profoundly shape it.
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What lessons can we glean from a century-old solution to housing crises?
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This “Complete Street” is really a stroad in disguise—and that’s led to some deadly consequences.
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