Pervasive myths, road tolling, and tour guides. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.
Read MoreStrong Towns advocates in Wichita are changing that city’s conversation around how to build a better transportation system.
Read MoreThis study conducted in the U.K. supports concepts about incrementalism that could, and should, be adopted in North American places.
Read MoreTim Wright is the cofounder of a local Strong Towns group: ReForm Shreveport.
Read MoreWhat will it take to get back the ecosystems of tradespeople, laborers, lenders, and small-scale developers who made incremental development possible in the past?
Read MoreIn everyday life, people usually say “I need a plan” if something has gone wrong. Plans should play a similar role in cities.
Read MoreWhy is it that when a place is [pick one: walkable, bikeable, beautiful, lovable, inviting, human-scale], it so often gets coded as being “gentrified” or “upscale”?
Read MorePlanning must become a job that planners can actually do in a 40-hour work week. This will require a different approach to planning, altogether.
Read MoreCalifornia's Senate Bill 9 has sparked controversy, mainly among owners of single-family homes. But are we returning to historic forms of housing anyway, with or without state legislation?
Read MoreMeasures of intelligence, heroes, and the cosmos. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.
Read MoreOur drive continues through the area once called “the ugliest place in Maryland.” When you look around, though, you can find the building blocks for an urban transformation in these suburbs.
Read MoreThis new Not Just Bikes video features an Ontario stroad that’s anything but wonderful.
Read MoreLet’s take a drive down Rockville Pike, a major thoroughfare near DC. What kinds of development patterns will we find as we pass through each ring of suburbia?
Read MoreWhat kind of zoning reform do we need in order to build strong towns?
Read MoreThe housing crisis is hitting small, rural towns—often in even more stark and dire ways than in urban areas.
Read MoreThis small town in Maine is hoping to breathe life back into its Main Street…but is looking for solutions in all the wrong places.
Read MoreOregon’s Department of Transportation is making phony claims that widening highways reduces pollution. Here’s why they’re wrong.
Read MoreI’ve had to reconcile my foundational belief in markets with my experiences working with cities. This has been a painful process.
Read MoreStolpersteine, human history, and crypto technologies. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.
Read MoreWho is actually going to do the work of incremental development, and what will their motivations be?
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