Seattle, WA may be the first city in the US to create a formal “renters’ commission” to advise the local government.
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Dropping off and picking up kids from school can entail navigating a messy labyrinth of parked and moving cars, running kids, bicyclists, and opening car doors. How can we improve it?
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We have collectively believed for so long that spending on infrastructure is the key to prosperity that we don't even bother to check if it really is.
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Here's one way to analyze whether your city should invest in a new public resource.
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If zoning codes are the primary tool in a planner's toolbox, that's a problem. Here's a three part system that would offer a better way for planners to design cities.
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A Canadian city and a Louisiana city face off in this third round of our Strongest Town Contest. Who will go to the championship round?
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Listen to these short podcasts and then cast your vote for the strongest town between these two midwestern cities.
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Find out who advanced in the competition to be named the Strongest Town in the world.
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We’ve got the built environment that we have and the overwhelming majority of it isn’t going to change.
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We're deeply honored to be named #1 podcast in Streets.MN's list of Top 7 Urban Planning Podcasts.
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I remain curious as to why a casino plays such a central role in our city's discussions of economic development.
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What's it like to watch a shopping mall die?
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A couple weeks ago, we showed you "Your Highway ABC Book," a piece of propaganda for children put out by the National Highway Users Conference in the 1930s. Now we're sharing our own ABCs.
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Mr. Trash Wheel teaches a lesson about the power of ‘loveability.’
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Two northern towns — Wausau, WI and Guelph, ON — go head to head in the second round of our Strongest Town Contest.
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Two unique cities compete for the title of "strongest" in the latest match-up in our Strongest Town Contest.
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Here's your chance to vote for the strongest town in the second round of our contest: Is it Traverse City, MI or Ellsworth, ME?
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Eight towns advance to the next round in our Strongest Town contest.
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If “big data” and “smart cities” are really going to amount to anything substantial, it has to be more than just generating high tech scare stories.
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John Thomas is a Strong Towns member who believes trees are a vital part of any urban landscape and he’s been working to get his town of Iowa City to plant more of them.
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