Strongtowns esque "needing to expand to get the money to maintain the areas you just expanded to" also
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Strongtowns esque "needing to expand to get the money to maintain the areas you just expanded to" also
Can verify that Not Just Bikes does a great job introducing the work of Urban3 in explaining how sprawl is subsidized by dense, mature neighborhoods all over the country. #strongtowns #urban3 #notjustbikes
WATCH: If you really STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, please watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes helped by #UrbanThree & @StrongTowns.org. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI
January 19, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Can verify that Not Just Bikes does a great job introducing the work of Urban3 in explaining how sprawl is subsidized by dense, mature neighborhoods all over the country. #strongtowns #urban3 #notjustbikes
Albuquerque showed up.
At the first LUPZ hearing on the pro-homes IDO amendments, 38 people spoke in support, more than double the opposition. A broad, citywide coalition made the case for practical, incremental housing reform. More to come. #abq #albuquerque #strongtowns #yimby #nmtrue
At the first LUPZ hearing on the pro-homes IDO amendments, 38 people spoke in support, more than double the opposition. A broad, citywide coalition made the case for practical, incremental housing reform. More to come. #abq #albuquerque #strongtowns #yimby #nmtrue
January 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Albuquerque showed up.
At the first LUPZ hearing on the pro-homes IDO amendments, 38 people spoke in support, more than double the opposition. A broad, citywide coalition made the case for practical, incremental housing reform. More to come. #abq #albuquerque #strongtowns #yimby #nmtrue
At the first LUPZ hearing on the pro-homes IDO amendments, 38 people spoke in support, more than double the opposition. A broad, citywide coalition made the case for practical, incremental housing reform. More to come. #abq #albuquerque #strongtowns #yimby #nmtrue
Probably the big difference vis a vis housing is tha Strongtowns treats housing as a chronic condition whereas YIMBY treats it as an acute condition.
*Technically* both are true. But the latter requires a rapidity of response that are incompatible in the short-term with the former.
*Technically* both are true. But the latter requires a rapidity of response that are incompatible in the short-term with the former.
January 9, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Probably the big difference vis a vis housing is tha Strongtowns treats housing as a chronic condition whereas YIMBY treats it as an acute condition.
*Technically* both are true. But the latter requires a rapidity of response that are incompatible in the short-term with the former.
*Technically* both are true. But the latter requires a rapidity of response that are incompatible in the short-term with the former.
The potential for conflict of interest without going full tilt paid shill is bad enough.
Like, if a half dozen little suburbs or exurbs are strongtowns clients, and they don't want their sovereignty eroded even if it's for the greater good, he could end up stumping for them for free.
Like, if a half dozen little suburbs or exurbs are strongtowns clients, and they don't want their sovereignty eroded even if it's for the greater good, he could end up stumping for them for free.
January 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM
The potential for conflict of interest without going full tilt paid shill is bad enough.
Like, if a half dozen little suburbs or exurbs are strongtowns clients, and they don't want their sovereignty eroded even if it's for the greater good, he could end up stumping for them for free.
Like, if a half dozen little suburbs or exurbs are strongtowns clients, and they don't want their sovereignty eroded even if it's for the greater good, he could end up stumping for them for free.
Fun conversation between me and @clmarohn of @strongtowns, motivated in part by my complaints about the transit chapter in his "Confessions of a Recovering Engineer." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JziN...
Jarrett Walker & Chuck Marohn on Transit
YouTube video by Strong Towns Library
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December 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Fun conversation between me and @clmarohn of @strongtowns, motivated in part by my complaints about the transit chapter in his "Confessions of a Recovering Engineer." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JziN...
People need to unlearn some of the strongtowns propaganda. This is an org that thinks a model walkable street is the tourist district in Galena. Absolute silly business
It’s the same way in which Charles has argued against projects in low income communities in the past because projects should only be built in communities that can afford it, of course.
To do as Marohn proposes would:
• Stop nearly all transit capital construction in the US,
• Ensure transit is only ever built by wealthy jurisdictions, and
• Produce only poorly-planned, inefficient, disjointed projects.
• Stop nearly all transit capital construction in the US,
• Ensure transit is only ever built by wealthy jurisdictions, and
• Produce only poorly-planned, inefficient, disjointed projects.
December 13, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People need to unlearn some of the strongtowns propaganda. This is an org that thinks a model walkable street is the tourist district in Galena. Absolute silly business
strongtowns has always been an anti government libertarian org
this doesnt suprise me
this doesnt suprise me
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
strongtowns has always been an anti government libertarian org
this doesnt suprise me
this doesnt suprise me
Hello Bsky'rs! This is our first post as an organization on this platform. How is everyone doing?
@indypedcrisis.info @strongtowns-carmel.bsky.social @safestreetsindy.org @peopleforbikes.bsky.social @mrwildstyle.bsky.social
@indypedcrisis.info @strongtowns-carmel.bsky.social @safestreetsindy.org @peopleforbikes.bsky.social @mrwildstyle.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Hello Bsky'rs! This is our first post as an organization on this platform. How is everyone doing?
@indypedcrisis.info @strongtowns-carmel.bsky.social @safestreetsindy.org @peopleforbikes.bsky.social @mrwildstyle.bsky.social
@indypedcrisis.info @strongtowns-carmel.bsky.social @safestreetsindy.org @peopleforbikes.bsky.social @mrwildstyle.bsky.social
*caveat that this is not what the our local group of lovely strongtowns people are about
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
*caveat that this is not what the our local group of lovely strongtowns people are about
For context, California banned locally-imposed owner-occupancy requirements for ADUs statewide in 2023. This ain’t rocket science.
The StrongTowns way of doing things would have each jurisdiction spend a decade learning well-established lessons, or doing nothing.
The StrongTowns way of doing things would have each jurisdiction spend a decade learning well-established lessons, or doing nothing.
December 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
For context, California banned locally-imposed owner-occupancy requirements for ADUs statewide in 2023. This ain’t rocket science.
The StrongTowns way of doing things would have each jurisdiction spend a decade learning well-established lessons, or doing nothing.
The StrongTowns way of doing things would have each jurisdiction spend a decade learning well-established lessons, or doing nothing.
I take StrongTowns' general ethos that the best reforms are local seriously and what not, but that mostly ignores that a lot of municipalities are intractably insane with regards to housing, and that forcing them to be minimally competent is, in fact, possible to a degree.
December 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I take StrongTowns' general ethos that the best reforms are local seriously and what not, but that mostly ignores that a lot of municipalities are intractably insane with regards to housing, and that forcing them to be minimally competent is, in fact, possible to a degree.
brutal @StrongTowns photo here, but it's the life that millions of Americans lead every day http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2015/1/28/a-true-complete-street http://t.co/EzbFmXLJV0
December 7, 2024 at 3:36 AM
brutal @StrongTowns photo here, but it's the life that millions of Americans lead every day http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2015/1/28/a-true-complete-street http://t.co/EzbFmXLJV0
Biking and walking infrastructure is the highest returning transportation investment a local government can make.
It’s not even close.
Volume up!
#Strongtowns #Calgary
@clmarohn.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
It’s not even close.
Volume up!
#Strongtowns #Calgary
@clmarohn.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
April 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Biking and walking infrastructure is the highest returning transportation investment a local government can make.
It’s not even close.
Volume up!
#Strongtowns #Calgary
@clmarohn.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
It’s not even close.
Volume up!
#Strongtowns #Calgary
@clmarohn.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
The dirty secret about🚦in our cities… if we lowered speed limits, we wouldn’t need 🚦, we’d actually get places faster… and we’d save 💰. Thx @clmarohn @StrongTowns
https://youtu.be/tLZiQdJM638
https://youtu.be/tLZiQdJM638
December 21, 2024 at 11:31 PM
The dirty secret about🚦in our cities… if we lowered speed limits, we wouldn’t need 🚦, we’d actually get places faster… and we’d save 💰. Thx @clmarohn @StrongTowns
https://youtu.be/tLZiQdJM638
https://youtu.be/tLZiQdJM638
The Mount Rushmore of Women in Incremental Development:
Bernice Radle (Buffalo, NY)
Abby Cat Newsham (Kansas City, MO)
Gracen Johnson (Ottawa, ON)
Alli Quinlan (Fayetteville, AR)
Jen Acosta (Bay City, MI)
@strongtowns #incdevalliance #neighborhoodevolution
Bernice Radle (Buffalo, NY)
Abby Cat Newsham (Kansas City, MO)
Gracen Johnson (Ottawa, ON)
Alli Quinlan (Fayetteville, AR)
Jen Acosta (Bay City, MI)
@strongtowns #incdevalliance #neighborhoodevolution
July 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The Mount Rushmore of Women in Incremental Development:
Bernice Radle (Buffalo, NY)
Abby Cat Newsham (Kansas City, MO)
Gracen Johnson (Ottawa, ON)
Alli Quinlan (Fayetteville, AR)
Jen Acosta (Bay City, MI)
@strongtowns #incdevalliance #neighborhoodevolution
Bernice Radle (Buffalo, NY)
Abby Cat Newsham (Kansas City, MO)
Gracen Johnson (Ottawa, ON)
Alli Quinlan (Fayetteville, AR)
Jen Acosta (Bay City, MI)
@strongtowns #incdevalliance #neighborhoodevolution
North Carolina politicians are slowly acknowledging that suburban sprawl is NOT a fiscally sustainable model.
Our friends at @strongtowns tell elected officials to use "tax value per acre" as a metric for fiscal sustainability.
Does your city councilor understand the math?
#electionsmatter
Our friends at @strongtowns tell elected officials to use "tax value per acre" as a metric for fiscal sustainability.
Does your city councilor understand the math?
#electionsmatter
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
North Carolina politicians are slowly acknowledging that suburban sprawl is NOT a fiscally sustainable model.
Our friends at @strongtowns tell elected officials to use "tax value per acre" as a metric for fiscal sustainability.
Does your city councilor understand the math?
#electionsmatter
Our friends at @strongtowns tell elected officials to use "tax value per acre" as a metric for fiscal sustainability.
Does your city councilor understand the math?
#electionsmatter
Chuck is also against massive new transportation infrastructure projects no matter the method of transportation. It seems mostly due to modern costs.
But financial resilience is the Strongtowns focus. I think it hasn’t led to a focused mass transit message from them besides “bikes and buses”.
But financial resilience is the Strongtowns focus. I think it hasn’t led to a focused mass transit message from them besides “bikes and buses”.
January 22, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Chuck is also against massive new transportation infrastructure projects no matter the method of transportation. It seems mostly due to modern costs.
But financial resilience is the Strongtowns focus. I think it hasn’t led to a focused mass transit message from them besides “bikes and buses”.
But financial resilience is the Strongtowns focus. I think it hasn’t led to a focused mass transit message from them besides “bikes and buses”.
American property tax and its baked-in inequities via @StrongTowns https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/7/27/the-hidden-problems-of-property-taxes?utm_content=buffer504dc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
The Hidden Problems of Property Taxes
Has your property tax bill skyrocketed this year? It’s wo...
www.strongtowns.org
November 19, 2024 at 7:30 AM
American property tax and its baked-in inequities via @StrongTowns https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/7/27/the-hidden-problems-of-property-taxes?utm_content=buffer504dc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
THEMS MY DAWGS FROM BELLINGHAM STRONGTOWNS.
Massive W.
Massive W.
January 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
THEMS MY DAWGS FROM BELLINGHAM STRONGTOWNS.
Massive W.
Massive W.
I’ve often heard misconceptions of @NewUrbanism, & frankly blamed much of them on the organization/movement not doing enough to disseminate info about itself.
But now I see incorrect things people say about @strongtowns as the movement grows. Can’t blame that on an info vacuum.
But now I see incorrect things people say about @strongtowns as the movement grows. Can’t blame that on an info vacuum.
December 3, 2024 at 4:23 PM
I’ve often heard misconceptions of @NewUrbanism, & frankly blamed much of them on the organization/movement not doing enough to disseminate info about itself.
But now I see incorrect things people say about @strongtowns as the movement grows. Can’t blame that on an info vacuum.
But now I see incorrect things people say about @strongtowns as the movement grows. Can’t blame that on an info vacuum.
Learn more about The City Project & pre-order your copy today!
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March 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Learn more about The City Project & pre-order your copy today!
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@ipgbook.bsky.social @pgcbooks.bsky.social #strongTowns #cityBuilding @streetsblogsf.bsky.social @activetowns.bsky.social
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I watch a lot of NotJustBikes and StrongTowns on YouTube. It's so hard for me to imagine my life better than it is now so seeing these examples of how other places already actually do better makes it more real. I believe it's attainable here if we demand it.
1. Contrairement à l’Etat, les collectivités n’empruntent que pour financer de l’investissement. Pas du fonctionnement.
À Paris : pistes cyclables, rénovation thermique, logement social, végétalisation des rues. Et ça marche, la pollution à Paris a baissé de 40% entre 2012 et 2022.
À Paris : pistes cyclables, rénovation thermique, logement social, végétalisation des rues. Et ça marche, la pollution à Paris a baissé de 40% entre 2012 et 2022.
May 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I watch a lot of NotJustBikes and StrongTowns on YouTube. It's so hard for me to imagine my life better than it is now so seeing these examples of how other places already actually do better makes it more real. I believe it's attainable here if we demand it.
New Curbside Chat video via @StrongTowns! Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD47xo3c7WU&feature=youtu.be
November 19, 2024 at 4:49 AM
New Curbside Chat video via @StrongTowns! Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD47xo3c7WU&feature=youtu.be