Your city's zoning code is like the DNA of your community. For most North American cities, that DNA is broken. Here are six reasons form-based code can help put our towns and cities back together again.
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Get beyond the headlines and recognize that dismantling a police department does not mean there will be no police.
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Building communities where people feel safe and loved is the key to moving our nation forward. There is no other option.
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A Massachusetts lawmaker wants to jumpstart the economy with high-speed rail. Could it work—or is this proposal going nowhere fast?
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Why do we see so few people with disabilities in the conceptual designs of engineers and planners? Maybe it’s because people with disabilities aren’t at the design table to begin with.
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The neighborhoods that are the epicenters of unrest in Minneapolis this week are also places of remarkable compassion, initiative, and a fierce loyalty to community.
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It’s time to shift the power in our cities to bottom-up systems that address urgent needs rather than protect the status quo.
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We’ve created our most comprehensive resource ever to help local leaders chart a path to recovery.
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We need to act quickly to make our streets safer for walking, biking, and rolling. But acting quickly doesn’t mean we have to sacrifice local nuance.
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Hundreds of small towns may simply shut their doors. There is a road to survival—and eventual prosperity—but it’s a narrow one. Who will take it?
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Raising kids in the city, what the pandemic reveals about our “throwaway” culture, the origins of Euclidean Zoning, and more. Here are stories from around the web that the Strong Towns staff have been reading and talking about this week.
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Are we moving into a “post-suburban experiment” future? There are reasons to believe so. The cities who can successfully adapt will be those who prioritize the neighborhood. Here’s why.
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Many small businesses are in the fight of their lives. Here are 8 practical tips on how to get the right things done on their behalf...and ours.
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Before the age of the freeway, Kansas City was famously a streetcar city. The pattern of development that streetcars fostered was a highly productive one that has stood the test of time. In fact, it still generates an outsized share of the city’s wealth today.
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If you’ve been following Strong Towns for a while, our newest staff member will probably be familiar to you. Rachel Quednau returns to Strong Towns in a new role.
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Strong Towns president Chuck Marohn recommends two podcasts that will inspire and equip you to build stronger, more financially resilient cities.
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For decades, we’ve built like there was no tomorrow, prioritizing short-term growth over longterm stability, prosperity, and safety. Exhibit A: 20,000 high-risk dams that are emergencies waiting to happen.
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Two polar cases suggests that density (or lack thereof) has little to do with the spread of the pandemic.
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Every major historical event is accompanied by predictions that it will change everything forever. For the most part, it never does.
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Suppose the doomsday predictions are right and the COVID-19 crisis empties our cities. That’s not automatically good news for the suburbs.
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