Globally beloved animator Hayao Miyazaki has a secret he’s been hiding in plain sight for years: he’s one of the best urban designers and thinkers of our time.
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Not every problem associated with housing is directly a supply or scarcity issue, but housing scarcity is real, and it tends to make just about all the other problems associated with housing worse.
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Woodward Avenue in Michigan is as good a spot as any to think of as the birthplace of the auto-oriented development pattern. But if we can see our past there, we can also glimpse our future.
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Does YOUR city have problems? Learn how to solve them with one WEIRD, simple trick!
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The advice to “keep your options open” is having a negative impact on our cities. Here’s why.
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We’ve been asked for news on the federal lawsuit we filed against the Minnesota Board of Engineering Licensure. Here’s some more info on the case and how it’s proceeding.
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The society that built Main Street is long gone. Is it time to move on to Plan B?
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Mini-gardens, competitive speed chuting, and community elders. These are just some of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
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Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood survived the 1921 race massacre, only to be ultimately destroyed by a more unrelenting foe: interstate highways.
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Michael Kelley is helping to make Kansas City a place where getting around is easy and affordable for everyone.
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Choosing a design speed is an application of core values. We shouldn't allow the engineering profession to make this decision for us.
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In 2016, Portland enacted an Inclusionary Housing policy affecting buildings of 20+ units. The result? The city now has a bunch of new 19-unit buildings. Let’s talk about intervening in a system as complex and adaptive as the housing market.
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When it comes to reparations, mayors are turning their good intentions into action, using tools they already have.
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Our walk together continues on Fairfax Boulevard, where we encounter a much different (i.e., less friendly) pedestrian experience.
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Let’s take a walk together down two different streets, and observe what car-oriented places are like from the viewpoint of a pedestrian.
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Many of the economic strategies pursued by towns and cities compromise not only their competitiveness, but even their long-term solvency.
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We should not be cheering on simulacrums of reform when the majority of spending is going to programs that are making us weaker as a country, as cities, and as neighborhoods.
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Ancient irrigation systems, #NoNewRoads in Wales, and the history of #1 singles. These are just some of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
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Why do some cities make it so hard to find shade…or create your own?
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A new coalition of 11 U.S. mayors has announced an initiative to establish pilot reparations programs aimed at reducing the racial wealth gap.
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