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I Analyze Streets for a Living, and I Still Didn’t See What Was Right in Front of Me
Expertise gives us a lens, but every lens also filters. That's why we need multiple kinds of experts when addressing street safety.
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State Preemption Should Help Cities Become Better Cities
We get to housing affordability when cities function like ecosystems, not algae in a food chain of governments.
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What We Get Right at Home and Wrong in Public
The three traps that keep us from building better places.
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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.
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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.
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Revisiting Euclid v. Ambler at 100
How a flawed 1926 ruling still undermines American values, ingenuity and self-reliance.
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The Biggest Misconception in Municipal Finance
It's not spending versus taxes. It's productivity versus liabilities.
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Can We Feel Bad for the Drivers Who Kill Pedestrians?
Every fatal crash leaves two lives permanently altered: the person who died, and the person who now has to live with having taken another person’s life.
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Policy Debt: The Missing Massive
Strong Towns says "yes" to big buildings near transit stations. However, it's a debt coming due, not a victory.
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A Better Comprehensive Plan Begins With a Better Question
A Rhode Island town discovered that the strongest foundation for a comprehensive plan wasn't a list of projects, but a shared understanding of what was worth protecting.