If different urban noises rub us all the wrong way in different measures, how do we know what’s just personal peccadillo and what’s actually a problem?
You Can Help End the Epidemic of Traffic Deaths in Your Community
There is broad consensus that acknowledges that the decisions we are making in the design of our transportation system are killing people.
There is broad consensus that acknowledges that the decisions we are making in the design of our transportation system are killing people.
So, You Want to Plant Some Trees
To many people’s great frustration, planting street trees isn’t as simple as buying a tree and putting in the ground—at least not if it’s going to be planted on public property.
To many people’s great frustration, planting street trees isn’t as simple as buying a tree and putting in the ground—at least not if it’s going to be planted on public property.
This Transit Agency Almost Spent $50 Million on a Parking Garage. Now They’re Looking at Housing Instead.
For a cash-strapped agency that routinely laments its budget and is eyeing a 20% cut in service alongside a fare hike for 2024, the investment was baffling.
For a cash-strapped agency that routinely laments its budget and is eyeing a 20% cut in service alongside a fare hike for 2024, the investment was baffling.
A Home to Grow Old In, and No Way to Leave
No one really wants to think about their world getting smaller.
No one really wants to think about their world getting smaller.
You Don’t Need a License to Walk
Drivers should be held accountable for their actions, and we as a city need to react differently to collisions with pedestrians.
Drivers should be held accountable for their actions, and we as a city need to react differently to collisions with pedestrians.
5 Shocking Statistics That Reveal the Depths of North America’s Housing Crisis
We often use the term “housing crisis” at Strong Towns to describe a dysfunctional system that serves a narrow sliver of the population and housing industry at the expense of many others.
We often use the term “housing crisis” at Strong Towns to describe a dysfunctional system that serves a narrow sliver of the population and housing industry at the expense of many others.
Is the U.S. Trapped in a Perpetual Housing Bubble?
There is a famous saying in financial circles that is generally attributed to billionaire investor Warren Buffett.
There is a famous saying in financial circles that is generally attributed to billionaire investor Warren Buffett.
The Best Evidence Yet for the “Housing Musical Chairs” Theory
One of the most powerful analogies for understanding how the housing market works is the children’s game of musical chairs.
One of the most powerful analogies for understanding how the housing market works is the children’s game of musical chairs.
If We Made Shoes Like We Make Housing, People Would Go Barefoot
Here’s how high-end shoes can help us understand why the housing market is in the state it’s currently in.
Here’s how high-end shoes can help us understand why the housing market is in the state it’s currently in.
The Language of Place
This year was different. I don’t know why, but during a walk one morning, I found myself snapping a photo of a leaf and sending it to Rob, inquiring by text if we had finally found an elusive maple.
This year was different. I don’t know why, but during a walk one morning, I found myself snapping a photo of a leaf and sending it to Rob, inquiring by text if we had finally found an elusive maple.
How to Get Your Fire Department on Board With Narrowing Streets
When Jersey City swept headlines in 2022 for achieving zero traffic deaths on city streets, advocates across the country wondered: how?
When Jersey City swept headlines in 2022 for achieving zero traffic deaths on city streets, advocates across the country wondered: how?
Widening Highways to Combat Traffic Is Like Swallowing a Spider to Eat a Fly
Community leaders in Toledo, Ohio, are questioning the rationale for the widening of Interstate 475, and have been actively campaigning against it.
Community leaders in Toledo, Ohio, are questioning the rationale for the widening of Interstate 475, and have been actively campaigning against it.
Not a Professional Engineer? You Can Still Help End Highway Expansions
The promise of hanging up a photo, while a simple action, has catapulted locals into a renewed ambition to continue shifting the transportation discussion.
The promise of hanging up a photo, while a simple action, has catapulted locals into a renewed ambition to continue shifting the transportation discussion.
Kids These Days…Deserve Better
Teenagers are a sadly overlooked asset group in our communities.
Teenagers are a sadly overlooked asset group in our communities.
How to Daylight Your City’s Intersections (And Why It Matters)
Daylighting is the technical term for a common-sense solution to traffic safety: By removing visual obstructions in approaching intersections, users can better see and more safely cross each other’s paths.
Daylighting is the technical term for a common-sense solution to traffic safety: By removing visual obstructions in approaching intersections, users can better see and more safely cross each other’s paths.