New housing developments seem to be overwhelmingly unaffordable to the average person, why is this happening?
This talk examines our area's history through a lens of racial equity, transportation, and housing – with a focus on Kirkland.
Policies and actions of the past created the Kirkland of today. Help us create the Kirkland we want for tomorrow.
The only solution to car traffic is viable alternatives to driving. The only solution to car traffic is viable alternatives to driving. The only solution to car traffic is viable alternatives to driving. The only solution to car traffic is viable alternatives to driving. The only solution to car traffic is viable alternatives to driving.
Most Americans have no choice but to drive. How do we change that?
How new buildings can actually fight displacement.
People underestimate how much owning a car costs by 52%. Even a cheap car costs a fortune to its owner, and yet another fortune to society. Let's compare it to some alternatives to show the insane real cost of cars.
Hidden parking rules hurt our cities. Will Chilton and Paul Mackie of Mobility Lab explain.
How does a growing, prospering city stay affordable for all kinds of people? At the most basic level, when there aren’t enough homes, prices will keep rising. And when there are plenty of homes, it helps prices stay down.
The “yes in my backyard” pro-housing movement crosses political and ideological lines. Unfortunately, the “not in my backyard” activists who oppose housing and neighborhood change are also pretty diverse politically.
Urban noise is a common problem, and the vast majority of it is created by motor vehicles. Noise is far too often dismissed as a minor nuisance, rather than the legitimate health issue that it is.
We’ve got to rethink housing, brotherrr!
Rollie Williams shows us how the North American suburban development pattern has beggared our cities while ravaging our climate.
Uytae Lee ponders why municipalities that have legalized Missing Middle housing haven’t seen a boom in Missing Middle development.
Nic Laporte explores the sentiment that cyclists should pay "their fair share" by avoiding the costs associated with driving. License, insurance, maintenance and gas. But do all of those things even pay for our roads? And should there be a bike lane tax?
Strong Towns explores the story of Fayetteville, Arkansas - the first city in the US to eliminate off-street parking mandates.
Parking ain’t free, brother!
Rollie Williams hilariously explores the origins and damage done by insidious off-street parking mandates.
For the vast majority of civilization, the streets were a shared space for kids playing, bicycles, pedestrians, merchants and more. But by the 1920s there was a huge shift in how we use our public space, and that has major consequences on how we live today. So what happened then? And what happens now when cities rethink how we use our streets?
Alex Davis dives into the issue of how much public transit costs to run and how that compares to, well, just buying everyone a car.