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Strong Towns

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Cities, transportation, housing, walkability, and sustainable urban development.

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  • A Better Comprehensive Plan Begins With a Better Question #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development

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    Jul 29, 2026
  • A City We Build Together #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development

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    Jul 27, 2026
  • If a Highway Agency Stops Pretending to Care About Streets, Does It Make a Sound? #UrbanPlanning #Transportation #Community

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    Jul 24, 2026
  • Before You Issue the Violation Notice #UrbanPlanning #Community #Policy

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    Jul 22, 2026
  • The Dangerous Street Was Designed "Correctly" #UrbanPlanning #Transportation #Walkability

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    Jul 21, 2026
  • The Housing Debate's Canonical Chart #Urbanism #Housing #Development

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    Jul 20, 2026
  • Are We Growing Numb to Record-High Pedestrian Deaths? #UrbanPlanning #Safety #Transportation

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    Jul 17, 2026
  • When an $8 Million Street Is a Warning #UrbanPlanning #Infrastructure #SmartGrowth

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    Jul 15, 2026
  • Don't Punish the People Trying to Fix Your Town #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development

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    Jul 15, 2026
  • Slouching Toward California #Urbanism #Development #Planning

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    Jul 13, 2026
  • America's Most Overlooked Developer: Local Churches #Urbanism #Community #Development

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    Jul 10, 2026
  • The Lot #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development

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    Jul 9, 2026
  • Your Transportation Plan Won't Save Anyone. Not Today. #UrbanPlanning #Transportation #Community

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    Jul 7, 2026
  • Stop Asking People to Think Like Planners #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development

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    Jul 6, 2026
  • A Fiscal Cliff? #UrbanPlanning #LocalGov #Infrastructure

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    Jul 2, 2026
  • The Reflector That Started a Conversation #Urbanism #Community #Development

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    Jul 1, 2026
  • Some Things YIMBYs Tend To Get Wrong (and Right) #Urbanism #Housing #YIMBY

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    Jun 30, 2026
  • New Zealand Is Taking Infrastructure Seriously #UrbanPlanning #Infrastructure #Policy

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    Jun 29, 2026
  • Two Lanes, Ten Feet, and the Future of Regent Street #UrbanPlanning #Transportation #Walkability

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    Jun 26, 2026
  • The Costs They Don't Count #Urbanism #Economics #Policy

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    Jun 25, 2026
  • We Should Be Sleeping in More Garages #Urbanism #Housing #Development

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    Jun 24, 2026
  • Warning Signs of a Fragile Town #UrbanPlanning #Community #Resilience

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    Jun 23, 2026
  • Building an Organization That Can Outlast Its Founder #UrbanPlanning #Community #Leadership

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    Jun 22, 2026
  • A Good Life in a Prosperous Place #Urbanism #Community #Prosperity

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    Jun 19, 2026
  • Looking Beyond the Crash #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development

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    Jun 19, 2026
  • Where Do I Start? #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development

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    Jun 18, 2026
  • The False Confidence of Simple Answers #Urbanism #Planning #Community

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    Jun 17, 2026
  • Moving Beyond Blame in Forest Park #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development

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    Jun 17, 2026
  • Nobody Changes a Place Alone #Urbanism #Community #Development

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    Jun 16, 2026
  • The Reform That Should Have Been Easy #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development

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    Jun 15, 2026
  • Where Do We Start? #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development

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    Jun 15, 2026
  • Highway Robbery #Urbanism #Development #Infrastructure

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    Jun 11, 2026
  • Rochester Already Has the Pieces to Solve Its Housing Crisis #UrbanPlanning #Housing #Community

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    Jun 10, 2026
  • Detroit Is Seeking Pre-Approved Designs for New Housing #UrbanPlanning #Housing #Development

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    Jun 9, 2026
  • Two Ways to Freeze a Neighborhood #Urbanism #Development #Community

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    Jun 8, 2026
  • The Policy We Need / The Policy We Have #Urbanism #Policy #Development

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    Jun 4, 2026
  • Every City Investigates Crashes. Very Few Actually Learn From Them. #UrbanPlanning #Transportation #Safety

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    Jun 3, 2026
  • Engineering Problems and Phone Call Problems #UrbanPlanning #Infrastructure #Community

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    Jun 2, 2026
  • The Tuba Mindset #Urbanism #Community #Planning

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