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Strong Towns

We advocate for a model of development that allows our cities, towns and neighborhoods to grow financially strong and resilient.

The Strong Towns Podcast

How do you make streets safer without gentrifying an area? Will self-driving cars change the way we build cities? Are engineers tracking congestion the right way?

Chuck discusses these questions and more with Vignesh Swaminathan, a civil engineer and project manager at Kimley-Horn. Also known as Mr. Barricade, Vignesh has built a massive online following by making street design understandable and fun. As Chuck says in the episode, “This is not your grandpa's engineer.”

Additional Show Notes

 • Connect with Mr. Barricade: 

TikTok
Instagram
 • Email: vignesh.swaminathan@kimley-horn.com

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Chuck Marohn • (Substack)

 

This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership.

How Mr. Barricade Is Shaping the Future of Street Safety

How did we go from building strong, prosperous cities to weak, debt-ridden ones? In this episode, Chuck tracks the cultural and economic impacts of World War II on our development pattern. He explains what must change if we want to build strong cities again.

ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES

 • This episode is a recording of a presentation Chuck gave in Denver. 
Click here • to see some of the images Chuck references.

Get the Finance Decoder.
Chuck Marohn • (Substack)

 

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We Broke North American Cities. Here’s How To Fix Them.

Why are America’s streets so dangerous — and what can we do about it? In this episode, Chuck talks with Wes Marshall, author of “Killed by a Traffic Engineer” and professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver. From the history of traffic engineering to the failures of Vision Zero, they explore how design decisions shape safety — and what it will take to build streets that protect everyone.

ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES

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Look Both Ways with David & Wes (Podbean)
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Wes Marshall (site)
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Chuck Marohn (Substack)
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This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership.

How Traffic Engineering Made America’s Streets Deadly

Chuck is joined by James Anderson, head of the Government Innovation program at Bloomberg Philanthropies. Under his leadership, the program has helped thousands of cities worldwide embrace an innovative, people-based approach to local governance.

Today, Chuck and James discuss why local governments matter now more than ever. Then they explore ways that residents, advocates, and organizations can encourage city leaders to embrace innovation.

ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES

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Bloomberg Philanthropies (site)
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Bloomberg Cities Network (site)
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Chuck Marohn (Substack)
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This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership.

James Anderson: How to Encourage Innovation in Local Government

Chuck is joined by Quint Studer, the founder of the Center for Civic Engagement in Pensacola, Florida. They discuss Strong Towns’ involvement in Pensacola’s renewal and the Civic Leader Summit that will be held there in September.

ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES

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Civic Leader Summit
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Quint Studer (site)
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Chuck Marohn (Substack)
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Want to bring the conversation to your city? Book Chuck Marohn as a speaker.
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Building Strength and Connections in Pensacola, With Quint Studer

No matter how easy we make it to build, the existing housing system is based on a financial model that cannot tolerate lower prices. If falling prices is the goal, then we need to build a system that can deliver on it. In this episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck explains how our current system prevents prices from falling and how we can build a better one.

ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES

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Learn how to actually make housing affordable with the Housing-Ready Toolkit.
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Chuck Marohn (Substack)
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Want to bring the conversation to your city? Book Chuck Marohn as a speaker.
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This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership.

The Housing Market Can’t Tolerate Lower Prices. Now What?

In this special episode, Chuck is joined by Graham Campbell, director of Economics & Research for the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission. They discuss the true cost of infrastructure — and why both New Zealand and North America are facing the same financial and structural challenges.

ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES

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Chuck Marohn (Substack)
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Want to bring the conversation to your city? Book Chuck Marohn as a speaker.
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This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership, including member-exclusive perks.

Playing the Long Game With New Zealand Infrastructure

In this episode, Chuck dives into the root causes of the housing crisis. Using clips from interviews with housing experts and reporters, he explores the popular theory that the housing crisis is caused by a lack of supply. He shows how this belief relates to the Strong Towns approach.

ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES

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Learn how to unlock housing in your city: The Housing-Ready City: A Toolkit for Local Code Reform
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Hear more from…
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Cullum Clark
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Conor Dougherty
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Steve Nygren
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Chuck Marohn (Substack)
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This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership, including member-exclusive perks.

The Housing Crisis Is More Than a Supply Problem

Chuck sits down with Ryan Johnson, the founder and visionary behind Culdesac Tempe, the first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the U.S. They discuss the realities of living in and developing a community like Culdesac, from transportation costs to working with local government. Ryan explains how they maintain walkability in an Arizona desert, how they successfully nurture small businesses, and how they encourage people to embrace co-ownership of the community.

ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES

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Learn more about Culdesac.
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Chuck Marohn (Substack)
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This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership, including member-exclusive perks.

Ryan Johnson: How Culdesac Tempe Develops Freedom, Revenue, and Belonging

Serenbe is a unique community just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. It’s based on the development pattern of traditional English villages, with walkable, mixed-use “hamlets” surrounded by nature. In today’s episode, Chuck sits down with Serenbe founder Steve Nygren to discuss the process of developing this kind of community, as well as Steve’s development philosophy of “radical common sense.”

ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES

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“Start in Your Own Backyard: Transforming Where We Live With Radical Common Sense” by Steve Nygren
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Learn more about Serenbe.
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Chuck Marohn (Substack)
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This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Click here to learn more about membership, including member-exclusive perks.

We Broke North American Cities. Here’s How To Fix Them.

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