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It's Time To Learn From Crashes and Create Safer Streets Today
Published: October 30, 2024 10:30
To make streets safer, we need to change the way people think about car crashes. And we need your help to do it. So, here’s the executive summary of the new “Beyond Blame” report, which shares the most important insights and recommendations from 18…
No Bus Stop Seating? No Problem. (Actually, There Is Definitely a Problem.)
Published: October 29, 2024 10:30
American bus stops often leave people exposed to the elements without even a place to sit as they wait for their buses to arrive. Here’s how advocates around the country are tackling this problem — and how their cities are responding.
Annexation 101: When (if Ever) Is It a Good Idea?
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/10/28/annexation-101-when-if-ever-is-it-a-good-idea
Published: October 28, 2024 10:30
Annexation is a method of city growth in which parcels or developments are added to municipal borders by city officials and staff. It's usually a disaster for a city's finances. But there are a few (very rare) cases where it might be advantageous.
When Should a Stroad Become a Road?
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/10/25/when-should-a-stroad-become-a-road
Published: October 25, 2024 10:30
The design of a roadway should reflect its intended use: streets should be designed for safety and building community wealth, while roads should be designed for fast travel. Here’s an example of safe road design and how you could apply it to a stroad.
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Building and Amplifying Communities
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/10/24/norm-van-eeden-petersman-bottom-up
Published: October 24, 2024 16:00
Norm Van Eeden Petersman is the director of membership and development at Strong Towns. He joins today’s episode to discuss his work and share an exciting update about the future of The Bottom-Up Revolution.
The Tell-Tale Project
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/10/24/the-tell-tale-project
Published: October 24, 2024 10:30
In honor of the season, here’s a short adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” which illustrates the damage that zombie projects — large, ambitious projects that drag out for years or never get off the ground — can do to a place.
Can “Urban Homesteading” Help Cities Fight the Housing Crisis?
Published: October 23, 2024 19:30
In this episode of Upzoned, host Abby Newsham is joined by Edward Erfurt, Strong Towns’ director of community action, to discuss the Strong Towns take on “urban homesteading.”
The Traffic Model Deceit: How Highway Agencies Manipulate Data To Justify Wasteful Expansion
Published: October 23, 2024 10:30
For decades, state and federal highway agencies have justified massive projects with traffic forecast models. But a closer look reveals a troubling pattern of exaggeration, manipulation and outright falsification in these models.
Move Forward and Break (Some) Rules
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/10/22/move-forward-and-break-some-rules
Published: October 22, 2024 10:30
For Asheville, North Carolina, rebuilding might mean questioning some rules and getting creative to allow for the same kind of incremental development that made the city so unique and gave it such a quirky (and productive) local economy.
A Closer Look at Five Successful Years of Housing Rehab in Detroit
Published: October 21, 2024 10:30
Detroiters have reclaimed 17,000 vacant homes since the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, we’ll take a closer look at one neighborhood whose housing fate has turned on a dime, seemingly thanks to the efforts of one of Detroit's immigrant enclaves.
Limiting Housing Is Actually Causing All That Traffic
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/10/18/limiting-housing-is-actually-causing-all-that-traffic
Published: October 18, 2024 10:30
Fearing traffic congestion, pollution and water scarcity, the city of Santa Barbara, California, enforced a population cap by preventing the construction of extra housing units. However, 40 years later, the lack of housing is proving to cause these…
The Bottom-Up Revolution Is...Advocating for Safer Streets
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/10/17/yamini-karandikar-bottom-up
Published: October 17, 2024 16:00
Yamini Karandikar is the leader of Strong Towns San Antonio, a Local Conversation in Texas. She joins this episode of The Bottom-Up Revolution to discuss her experience with conducting a Crash Analysis Studio and the impact it’s had on her community.