Your city or town probably needs more housing, but where should it go? This exercise could help you find out.
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For the first time since 2009, the Federal Highway Administration has filed an updated version of its Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). But how effective will it actually be in making streets safer?
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Transit Alliance Miami, a transit and mobility advocacy group, hopes to encourage the development of more types of housing in Florida with draft legislation that would repeal costly parking minimums.
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In an annual Strong Towns tradition, we ask some of our staff members to share their favorite articles and podcasts from this year. Here’s Strong Towns Staff Writer Ben Abramson’s picks.
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The city of Zwolle in the Netherlands has just unveiled an impressive new tool to teach its younger population to cycle safely.
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Finding and buying a home is getting harder in the U.S., according to a new report by the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
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Daylighting means removing visual obstructions in approaching intersections, so that users can better see and more safely cross each other’s paths. Here are 5 ways to do it cheaply and creatively in your city or town.
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Black Friday is the day that reveals one of the worst flaws in the American landscape: We have way too much parking.
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The stated goal of Strong Towns, to completely change the development pattern of North America, is intentionally ambitious—but we’ve assembled a toolbox for advocates and elected officials to do this ambitious work.
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The city of Edmonton, AB, has passed substantial zoning reforms that officials and housing advocates hope will generate more infill construction and help the fast-growing city add housing to keep pace.
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Restrictive zoning can make it so that smaller residential developments face the same prohibitively expensive restrictions as larger commercial units. But the state of North Carolina has passed a new bill to address this issue.
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Los Angeles is often held up as the case study for car-centric development run amok, but in recent years, the city has been pursuing a completely different path: public transit champion.
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Maryland legislators have called for an infrastructure review of every crash that causes the death of a pedestrian or cyclist on state highways—but one local advocate is checking the state’s work, and there’s some problems with it.
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An impressive interactive map put together by a citizen advocate in Denver tells a sad but familiar tale: Stroads are disproportionately deadly.
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Starting a business can be daunting, but this California city has made one relatively small bet that’s helping scores of local entrepreneurs get their small businesses off the ground.
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The momentum for ADUs gets a big boost from the federal government with a new policy to encourage homes with rental units.
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Famous guidebook author, tour operator, and PBS travel host Rick Steves talks about his observations of places that have prioritized people over cars and infrastructure—and what we can learn from them.
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As part of our 2023 Local-Motive Tour, Strong Towns will be hosting the session “How to Define, Refine and Distribute Your Story” on October 19 at noon CT.
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It’s election season, and whom your community chooses for local office goes a long way to determining what path it takes in regards to development. Here are the questions you should be asking your candidates.
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There was a major housing development scandal in Canada this summer…but it’s not the one you think.
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