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.
Read MoreGiven all that trees do, cities should be enthusiastically planting tons of them, everywhere they possibly can. And yet, most places aren’t. What gives?
Read MoreBaltimore is reclaiming an urban landscape that has been made inhospitable by cars—using art!
Read MoreAs much as we might like to think that speed limits alone will keep people safe from car crashes, they simply aren’t enough.
Read MoreLPTs have become an easy villain for street safety advocates, but are they really what we should be focusing on when examining our transportation options vis-à-vis our vision of a flourishing community?
Read MoreWhy local entrepreneurs should reject bad state-level codes and demand local ownership of roads.
Read MoreSo, your community has decided it needs more parking. That doesn’t mean you’ll have to destroy buildings and dump a sizeable amount of money into (and take on the long-term liabilities of) a block-sized parking lot.
Read MoreIf St. Louis County cares about the lives and safety of its residents, then why has it turned a blind eye to this deadly street?
Read MoreA cyclist was killed at this intersection in Indianapolis. Here are five low-cost, easy fixes to prevent additional tragedies in the future. City officials, take note.
Read MoreCincinnati's new five-member pedestrian safety team is making their streets safer—all while saving the city hundreds of thousands of dollars every year!
Read MoreMDOT’s M.O.: create deadly streets, and then blame drivers for high traffic death rates.
Read MoreTwo prominent communities in Berkshire County, MA, are in the midst of deciding what to prioritize on their main streets: cars or people?
Read MoreThis Strong Towns member was skeptical of claims that a speed trap had successfully slowed the cars on a local street…so, he conducted a speed study. Here are his results.
Read MoreWhen you prioritize fast car movement on a street that should be for building community wealth, don’t be surprised when you end up getting neither.
Read MoreCan you walk down your local streets with your kids—without gripping their hands and anxiously eying traffic—and feel comfortable and relaxed? If not, something’s wrong with the design of those streets.
Read MoreStrong Towns member and City Councilperson Danny Schaible is leading the way toward safer streets in his Maryland town.
Read MoreWhat do we mean when we say that street design is a large factor responsible for traffic deaths?
Read MoreOur streets are still dangerous by design. This report shows what we need to do about it.
Read MoreThis vital corridor in El Paso is getting a makeover!
Read MoreHow many kids feel safe playing on your local street?
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