Federal infrastructure spending is a huge, expensive gamble that we already know doesn’t pay off. Strong Towns' proposal for a path forward is cheap, and it offers high upside potential with low downside potential.
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In this presentation from our 2017 Summit in Tulsa, OK, Ashwat Anandanarayanan discusses his organization's work to fight expensive and wasteful highway projects using legal action and community organizing.
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How should the federal government spend its proposed $1 trillion surge in infrastructure funding? Grist recently ran an article, which features several prominent leaders in the fields of transportation and planning offering their answers to this question.
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These seven steps will take you from a nebulous idea to successfully addressing an issue that matters in your town.
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Got a question for the president of Strong Towns? This Wednesday, you have an opportunity to ask it.
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The City of Shreveport's dishonest and petty actions may be the death of an inner city highway project, but the fight isn't over yet.
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Parks aren't just pretty green space where kids can throw a ball, they're the heart of our neighborhoods, gathering places for people young and old, and could even be the site of future revolutions
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"What is the problem for which transit is the solution?" "What does it mean for transit to work well?" Transit planning consultant Jarrett Walker shares his answers to some of the biggest transit questions.
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When it’s done well, crowdfunding can build a neighborhood’s civic strength in a way that traditional philanthropy can’t. Here are 6 reasons why.
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American housing policy sucks because we’ve been using the bare minimum of strategies to both increase production and create affordability. We need to try every idea in the book.
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Can a suburban “downtown” built from the ground up for over $150 million succeed?
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Most people load themselves up with massive amounts of debt in order to live the way they believe they’re supposed to. But there's another option.
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Leading New Urbanist voices interviewed on the Strong Towns podcast.
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Could legal challenges be a way to fight dangerous road design?
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The mental model that says traffic levels are some inexorable natural force like the tides, which must be accommodated or else, is just wrong.
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A major corporation bends the will of a city, but this time it’s not to build low-value fast food restaurants or streets wide enough for semi-trucks, it’s to build safer, more walkable streets that will encourage economic growth.
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Strong Towns' work on infrastructure spending just got a shout-out on CNBC.
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When citizens who care decide to stand up for something they believe in, the built environment affects where they instinctively gather. Does your town have a public place that's ready for revolution?
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Hang out with other #StrongCitizens in our free and open online forum.
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Apply today to be a debater in our upcoming live debates at the Congress for the New Urbanism in Seattle.
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