It can be hard to imagine day-to-day life without a car: how would you get everywhere you need to go? Here’s how one family discovered that it is possible, and that life can still be full even when it happens closer to home.
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Five years ago, Emma Durand-Wood’s family decided to try the car-free lifestyle. And although they’ve experienced many positives from their choice, there have also been undeniable challenges.
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Going car-free (or car-lite or car-less) isn’t an option for everyone, but for some, it can work. Here are the upsides Emma Durand-Wood’s family has seen from selling their car.
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The notion that there is strength in smallness can be found everywhere in the Strong Towns approach—but what’s so special about small?
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These (semi-ironic) local T-shirts show: you can be proud of where you live, even if it’s not perfect. Just because there’s stuff that could be better, doesn’t mean you don’t love your place, or that it’s not worth loving.
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What comes to mind when you think of an alley? A dark, dank, dirty place? How about a place for the arts, and an opportunity to bring a community together?
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While multi-use paths are better than no infrastructure for people walking or biking, those that are useful for transportation tend to be busy, and often leave a lot to be desired.
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A neighborhood newsletter can be a great way to build connections and create opportunities for people in your community to get together. Here’s how to craft your newsletter right.
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Given all that trees do, cities should be enthusiastically planting tons of them, everywhere they possibly can. And yet, most places aren’t. What gives?
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As much as we might like to think that speed limits alone will keep people safe from car crashes, they simply aren’t enough.
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It’s easy to fixate on all the ways our cities let us down, but we can also focus on all the signs that people care about our places—and if you’re looking for a helper, maybe that helper could be you.
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Have you ever joined a Jane’s Walk? Named for renowned urban thinker Jane Jacobs, this annual festival of free, citizen-led walking conversations takes place around the world every May. Here’s one Walk from Winnipeg, MB.
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Two radically different bus trips highlight a common conundrum for supporters of public transit.
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Connecting with your neighbors is an important part of building a stronger town. Here are nine ways you can start forging those relationships, for free (or next to free)!
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And it begins with just showing up!
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Having a city filled with one type of tree may look pretty, but what happens when pests or pestilence start killing off that particular tree species en masse?
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If cities strive to meet the basic physiological human need to move our bodies, they may be pleasantly surprised at how everything else just falls into place.
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When it comes to advocating for your place, you may feel overwhelmed by the scale of the problems, or feel that you don’t have the right skills to address them. But effective advocates come in all shapes and sizes.
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A mother reflects on the fears she faces while navigating a dangerous highway with her children, as pedestrians.
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