Strong Towns

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

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People Want Urban Playgrounds, Not Cities #Urbanism #Cities #Community
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May 28, 2026
The Rules Designed for Skyscrapers Are Blocking Duplexes #UrbanPlanning #Housing #Zoning
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May 27, 2026
Bike and Pedestrian Accessibility Is Flowing Through Duluth #UrbanPlanning #Walkability #Transportation
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May 26, 2026
Questions From the Front Lines of the Housing Crisis #Housing #UrbanPlanning #Community
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May 25, 2026
We Had to Cancel the Band Because We Needed Buses #UrbanPlanning #Transportation #Community
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May 22, 2026
Raleigh's Missing Middle Has a Next Step #UrbanPlanning #Housing #Development
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May 21, 2026
Set the Children Free #Urbanism #Community #Children
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May 20, 2026
Shiny Object Urbanism #Urbanism #Cities #Development
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May 19, 2026
A Lifetime of Attention #Urbanism #Community #Development
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May 18, 2026
"Are We Trying To Do Nothing?" #UrbanPlanning #Development #Community
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May 15, 2026
4 Ways a City Can Hide Its Insolvency Using Accounting #UrbanPlanning #Finance #Government
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May 14, 2026
The Magic of Legacy Shops Comes Back to Life in Buffalo #Urbanism #LocalEconomy #Community
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May 13, 2026
The Great GASB! #UrbanPlanning #CityLife #Sustainability
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May 12, 2026
When the Decision Is Too Big for the City #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development
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May 11, 2026
What Zoning Codes Get Wrong About Families #UrbanPlanning #Housing #Zoning
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May 8, 2026
The Street That Forgot What It Was For #Urbanism #Planning #Community
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May 7, 2026
How to Work With Evil Developers #UrbanPlanning #Development #Community
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May 6, 2026
What if There Had Been No Interstates? #UrbanPlanning #Transportation #Infrastructure
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May 5, 2026
We Built a Dangerous System. Then We Made a PSA About It. #UrbanPlanning #Transportation #Community
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May 4, 2026
A "New" Normal: Top-Down or Bottom-Up Redevelopment in Uptown? #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development
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Apr 30, 2026
Turning a Big Ship #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development
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Apr 29, 2026
Make Caring Cool Again #Urbanism #Community #Development
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Apr 28, 2026
City Life Comes From Connectedness #Urbanism #Community #Cities
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Apr 27, 2026
Complete Streets Don't Make Complete Places #Urbanism #Planning #Community
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Apr 24, 2026
Good Urbanism Requires Numeracy #Urbanism #Planning #Data
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Apr 23, 2026
Ward Walks #UrbanPlanning #Community #Walkability
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Apr 22, 2026
The Samaritan Loophole #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development
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Apr 21, 2026
The Inflated Numbers That Unlock Billions #UrbanPlanning #Development #Economics
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Apr 20, 2026
Catching the Small Waves of Change in Sheboygan, WI #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development
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Apr 17, 2026
The Sanctuary #Urbanism #Community #Development
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Apr 16, 2026
What Cities Actually Say When You Ask Them About Crash Response #UrbanPlanning #Transportation #PublicSafety
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Apr 15, 2026
How a Beer Garden Is Transforming Vacant Land in Tysons, VA #UrbanPlanning #Community #Development
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Apr 14, 2026
New York City and the Myth of a Balanced Budget #UrbanPlanning #LocalGov #Economics
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Apr 13, 2026
How Should Portland Pay for Streets? #UrbanPlanning #Infrastructure #Transportation
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Apr 10, 2026
You Have More Land Than You Think #UrbanPlanning #Development #Community
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Apr 9, 2026
Annexation Is a Promise Cities Rarely Measure #UrbanPlanning #Cities #Development
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Apr 8, 2026
Innovation Theater #Urbanism #Cities #Development
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Apr 6, 2026
The Highest Form of Public Engagement Isn't a Meeting #UrbanPlanning #Community #CivicTech
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Apr 3, 2026
In Madison, Safer Streets Started With a Simple Test #UrbanPlanning #Transportation #Community
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Apr 1, 2026
West Allis: From Industrial Collapse to Strong Town Comeback #UrbanPlanning #Community #Resilience
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Apr 1, 2026

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