Roadway changes that give more space to pedestrians, bicyclists, or buses may challenge the status quo, but multimodal communities will be more resilient in the long run.
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Prepare to have your stereotypes about Los Angeles destroyed in this lively, engaging conversation with writer and editor, Alissa Walker.
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The transformation of downtown Vancouver begins to illustrate the potential return for cities that work to make their downtowns conducive for families with kids.
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For any city looking to secure its near- and long-term success, providing family-friendly urban living is key.
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How can we make better use of a parking space? This little dog knows.
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A Strong Towns member talks home renovation, parenthood and how he's living a resilient life.
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In this hard-hitting four-part series, we examine the root cause of America's dangerously designed roads, which take tens of thousands of lives every year.
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Parents must make a series of trade-offs when choosing schools for their children and figuring out how to get them there.
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The only way to successfully improve complex systems is incrementally. Investing tens of millions all at once every 25 to 30 years is a recipe for making a lot of big mistakes.
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Art that invites interaction and play can help us build more social and active towns.
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These four steps will help you assess whether your town is a safe place for children to walk and bike on their own.
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Question #7 on the Strong Towns Strength Test asks: Are there neighborhoods in your town where three generations of a family could reasonably find a place to live, all within walking distance of each other? In this article, we show you how to answer that question for your town and what to do if your answer is No.
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Dropping off and picking up kids from school can entail navigating a messy labyrinth of parked and moving cars, running kids, bicyclists, and opening car doors. How can we improve it?
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He wants urban. She wants rural. How does a couple decide where to live and where to raise their children? It turns out there's a middle ground.
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Many people leave the city and head for the suburbs once they have children. I did the opposite.
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A children's pamphlet created by the National Highway Users Conference in 1938 offers insight into our auto-oriented history.
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Picking my son up from school in a car would undoubtedly be quicker with less effort on my part. But the benefits of walking outnumber the challenges.
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We figured out how to live in an exciting kid-friendly city on the cheap.
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These 5 features make my neighborhood an ideal place to trick or treat. How does your neighborhood stack up?
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Walkability is essential to our quality of life. It’s just that the things worth walking to change depending on who you ask.
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