Cities say they want public participation, but too often, they crush the ability of citizens to actually participate in neighborhoods.
About Strong Towns
What We Owe the Place We Call Home
Loving a city means caring for what we inherit and sharing the work of leaving it better.
Loving a city means caring for what we inherit and sharing the work of leaving it better.
Building More Beautiful Places
Seeking out ways to build more beauty in our lives.
Seeking out ways to build more beauty in our lives.
The Other Housing Crisis
A looming backlog of housing repairs threatens the “housing abundance” agenda just as much as NIMBYs, a new book argues.
A looming backlog of housing repairs threatens the “housing abundance” agenda just as much as NIMBYs, a new book argues.
The Missing Village: How to Build Neighborhoods Where Kids Thrive
What communities and families can do to give children more independence, stronger relationships, greater responsibility, and a place to belong.
What communities and families can do to give children more independence, stronger relationships, greater responsibility, and a place to belong.
Are We Building the Right Things or Just Building More?
A highway can get wider without the underlying problem getting smaller.
A highway can get wider without the underlying problem getting smaller.
A Drop in the Housing Crisis Bucket
How can incremental development solve the housing crisis when each effort feels too small to make a difference?
How can incremental development solve the housing crisis when each effort feels too small to make a difference?
The Road Decides Where the Money Goes
A new analysis examines how highway design influences where travelers spend money, comparing interstate exits with older routes that pass through local communities.
A new analysis examines how highway design influences where travelers spend money, comparing interstate exits with older routes that pass through local communities.
An Interstate Highway Program — but for Sidewalks?
What if communities had more control over their transportation priorities?
What if communities had more control over their transportation priorities?
They Might Need the Lane Someday (and Who Cares How Many People Get Hurt in the Meantime)
A dangerous Minnesota roundabout shows what happens when engineers preserve future traffic capacity at the expense of safety today.
A dangerous Minnesota roundabout shows what happens when engineers preserve future traffic capacity at the expense of safety today.
What Do Bugs on Bicycles, Vacant Storefronts, and the Loneliness Epidemic Have in Common?
Find out in these conversations about practical, creative ways to make your community stronger.
Find out in these conversations about practical, creative ways to make your community stronger.
New Zealand Is Taking Infrastructure Seriously
How one country built a national consensus around fixing what it has.
How one country built a national consensus around fixing what it has.
We Should Be Sleeping in More Garages
A delightful experience and glimpse into the future of housing.
A delightful experience and glimpse into the future of housing.
Warning Signs of a Fragile Town
Many towns are overwhelmed by their obligations, but it might not be obvious.
Many towns are overwhelmed by their obligations, but it might not be obvious.
People Want Urban Playgrounds, Not Cities
Why we need to stop letting people outside the city make decisions about the city.
Why we need to stop letting people outside the city make decisions about the city.
Every City Investigates Crashes. Very Few Actually Learn From Them.
The difference between documenting failure and learning from it.
The difference between documenting failure and learning from it.