While other places keep finding ways to say “no” to new housing, this Indiana city is offering pre-approved development templates to small-scale developers at no cost.
Read MoreThis latest Not Just Bikes video demystifies deadly street design by contrasting what it’s like to navigate streets on foot in the U.S. and Canada with what it’s like in the Netherlands.
Read MoreThe American Enterprise Institute has released some impressive—and free—data tools for understanding housing markets and development potential. And as a bonus, attend their upcoming talks if you’re in California!
Read MoreIncreasingly, for entire cities in the U.S., buying a starter home on a modest income is no longer an option.
Read MoreIf you value the end state of a walkable, diverse, dynamic place with a lot of local character, then you must also value the process that gets you there.
Read MorePointing out the emperor’s nakedness doesn’t make you very popular in the emperor’s court. That’s not going to stop us from pointing out gross negligence in the engineering profession when we see it.
Read MoreAlthough they stand in very different parts of the country, these college towns are spearheading the push to eliminate harmful, longstanding land-use policies.
Read MorePart of why we can't agree on constructive solutions to traffic congestion is that our basic mental model of what causes traffic is wrong. But what if we made a slight update to that model?
Read MoreThis Canadian city made an unprecedented decision to stop expanding its urban growth boundary. What comes next?
Read MoreAre Wall Street-backed investors the reason you can’t afford a house? The truth is a bit more complicated than that.
Read MoreYou should be wary of anyone who claims to speak for “the community” or “the public,” especially when it’s in lieu of telling you who will benefit from the actions they support.
Read MoreOur streets are still dangerous by design. This report shows what we need to do about it.
Read MoreToday, city planning departments obsess over what happens inside buildings but pay scant attention to the quality of the space outside them.
Read MoreThe problems with "community input" are many and obvious. One misguided response is to favor more top-down policy making, simply overriding the objections of local "NIMBYs." But there is a third way.
Read MoreThe idea of a permanent community “character” was an invention of the suburban era, and it's showing its cracks now—because it was never an attainable or desirable goal.
Read MoreThe environmental groups suing Minneapolis to block implementation of its groundbreaking 2040 Plan have a limited understanding of environmentalism, but a keen grasp of how to slow down policy reform.
Read MoreFrom our friends at the Parking Reform Network: a new guide to aid local advocates and policy makers implement Parking Benefit Districts in their cities and towns.
Read MoreSocial housing is not a silver bullet, but can be part of a broader vision for a fairer and more responsive housing market.
Read MoreHere’s two stories about powerful local action that Strong Towns members are taking to make their places more bike friendly.
Read MoreEveryone’s heard of the housing shortage…so why is the “shortage” part of that phrase so poorly defined?
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