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.
Public Health Experts Say Narrow Lanes Should Be the Default on City Streets
An expansive new study from the renowned Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health adds to the body of evidence that wide lanes on urban streets promote more crashes, while narrow lanes—as narrow as nine feet—are safer.
An expansive new study from the renowned Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health adds to the body of evidence that wide lanes on urban streets promote more crashes, while narrow lanes—as narrow as nine feet—are safer.
The Calculus of Crossing the Street
I’m gearing up for a sprint. It’ll be at least 30 seconds until I’m given the green light to cross, but the bus with 20-minute headways—pretty good for this city outside of rush hour—is fast approaching on the other side of this intersection.
I’m gearing up for a sprint. It’ll be at least 30 seconds until I’m given the green light to cross, but the bus with 20-minute headways—pretty good for this city outside of rush hour—is fast approaching on the other side of this intersection.
Breaking: Durham, North Carolina, Just Eliminated Parking Mandates!
Minutes to midnight on Monday, November 20, 2023, Durham, North Carolina, became the ninth largest city to eliminate parking mandates for new developments citywide.
Minutes to midnight on Monday, November 20, 2023, Durham, North Carolina, became the ninth largest city to eliminate parking mandates for new developments citywide.
“How Can We Help Our City?” Start by Asking Questions.
In conjunction with Ohio Valley Business and Professional Women, the Local Conversation hosted a public political questionnaire forum for city council candidates.
In conjunction with Ohio Valley Business and Professional Women, the Local Conversation hosted a public political questionnaire forum for city council candidates.
We Are Experts in Our Own Reality. We See What’s Happening.
This happens pretty much every winter. And I always think to myself, “If the person operating the plough lived here, they would know that the sidewalk curves!”
This happens pretty much every winter. And I always think to myself, “If the person operating the plough lived here, they would know that the sidewalk curves!”