No, you’re not stuck in congestion because your city’s infrastructure is “inadequate” to handle growth.
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Jaywalking laws do little for public safety—but they do reinforce the idea that city streets are for cars, and they result in harassment of otherwise law-abiding citizens. It’s time to do away with the whole notion of jaywalking.
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Are we treating the symptoms of the housing crisis, or the underlying disease?
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The Strong Towns approach to development, as seen in HBO’s “Deadwood.”
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Three housing stories that got our attention in 2019, and the lessons we should take from each one.
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Strong Towns has three open positions. If you want to be part of the Strong Towns Team, this is your opportunity.
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If your community has a huge backlog of unfunded infrastructure maintenance — and it’s the rare one that doesn’t — there are some basic and obvious steps that need to be taken.
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Oslo’s success in ending cycling and pedestrian deaths (and what we can learn from it), why the “conservative” approach of traffic engineers really isn’t, and why the feds need to stop victim-shaming walkers. These stories and more in our weekly Top 5.
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We asked the Strong Towns community what their "neighborhood resolutions" are for 2020. This is what they said.
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Local bookstores are a surprising bright spot in an era that’s been tough for other retail. The key to their resurgence: they’ve turned themselves into a symbol of community and quirk worth celebrating. And they inspired one author to sing their praises in a slightly unusual way…
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Building stronger, more livable communities is hard work. A new podcast from a longtime Strong Towns member can help.
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These simple resolutions can have a major impact on your town or city this year.
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Shreveport has suffered under decades of failed approaches to development. A dedicated group of local activists is trying to change course.
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If the NHTSA wants to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce vehicle-related crashes, they should stop blaming people who are walking when they are killed and injured by drivers.
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The next time you hear "age-friendly community," don't picture the senior housing complex on a pond at the edge of town. Picture the well-worn neighborhood where a network of support from neighbors of all ages means you just might be able to leave all your family photos up on the wall a few years longer.
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We romanticize the power of our vehicles, while downplaying our obligations to safety and community…with deadly results.
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There are a ton of good reasons to invest in transit. Making life easier for drivers isn’t one.
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Get in shape. Get organized. Read more. Most New Year’s resolutions are focused on personal improvement. These are important, but what if this year we resolved to improve our places too?
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Let’s change the conversation around how we build our towns and cities in North America. Join Strong Towns staffers and local advocates like you in our new Strong Towns book club.
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Vision Zero is a simple engineering problem, but a wickedly complex social and institutional problem—at least in America’s car-dependent cities. Success in Norway shows us what the way forward looks like.
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