The Minnesota Department of Transportation says they’re “rethinking” this freeway, but then came up with 10 proposals for roads for automobiles, just of different configurations. How rethought is that, really?
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On July 20, 2023, the city council of Austin, TX, passed resolutions that advocates hope will help ease the city’s ongoing housing crisis.
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The critique of car dependence is nothing new for Strong Towns readers—but here’s one that may make you think a little more deeply about the tradeoffs and illusions baked into North America’s transportation industry.
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We talk with Tristan Cleveland, an urban planner and research specialist for Happy Cities, about how to design safer streets.
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Freeport, ME, is famous as the home of LL Bean, but in the aftermath of the retail apocalypse and increasing vacancy rates, town officials and residents are asking, “What do we want downtown Freeport to be?”
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Please join us in welcoming our new curriculum writer and administrative assistant!
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On July 17, 2023, Spokane City Council adopted an interim ordinance that makes off-street parking optional for all housing that’s within half a mile of a transit stop.
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On this episode of The Bottom-Up Revolution, we chat with LeVette Fuller about her work in Shreveport, LA, and the new ideas she’s bringing to her city.
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A local fitness center in Chisholm, MN, shows that you don’t need to look far outside of your city or town to find the best people to develop it.
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The notion that there is strength in smallness can be found everywhere in the Strong Towns approach—but what’s so special about small?
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We ask architect and urban designer Jennifer Griffin for her thoughts on creating spaces that support people’s ability to live in community with each other.
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Houston has long been a poster child for urban planning ills—but now it’s set to pass a revision of its land-use ordinances that could trigger a wave of construction for missing-middle housing.
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A 2020 study revealed that areas around streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. are more segregated and poorer than the United States average. Now, data shows property values in these areas are affected, as well.
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Despite being identified as a high-collision corridor all the way back in 2015, San Jose, CA, has not done enough to make King Road safer. And now, a family has had to pay the ultimate price for the city’s inaction.
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This non-profit advocacy group is pushing for a design for a local street that focuses on the comfort and safety of pedestrians and cyclists. Here’s how they’re addressing several commonly expressed bicycle-related concerns.
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Car-oriented cities give us speed but rob us of the joy of discovery.
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On this episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck delves into the topic of citizen-led development and its potential to reshape cities in a more financially resilient manner.
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For the past half year, San Franciscans have seen first-hand evidence of how autonomous vehicles disobey traffic laws and compromise safety on city streets. Here’s how residents are making their grievances known.
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The pre-approved building plan model is beginning to take hold across the country as a streamlined alternative to achieve a community vision. Here’s how one community in Florida is doing its own take on the concept.
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Change has been slower than expected in car-oriented Tysons, Virginia, in the past decade, despite Fairfax Country’s multi-modal goals. But new lower parking minimums for developments around transit could help.
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