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The Short List
The Short List
[Video] Strong Towns: “It’s Time To Rethink How We Measure Cities. We Can’t Afford Not To” – This 13-min video explains how greater density is better for a city’s finances, safety, sustainability, and enjoyability.
[Article] Mashable: Why the pedestrian dignity movement should be your next accessibility cause – This article explains the social justice urgency of decentering cars and recentering humans and walkability.
[Podcast] The War on Cars: “The High Cost of Free Parking with Donald Shoup” – This 45-min interview summarizes the problems of free parking and talks about specific actions we can take to make parking spots improve, rather than pollute and harm, our cities.
[Podcast] Strong Towns: How engineers should think about building wealth in communities – This 50-min interview between Strong Towns founder and Ian Lockwood, a livable transportation engineer, talks about how transportation engineering can be done differently to build better cities.
[Article] Strong Towns Lingo – A short glossary of often-used phrases in our advocacy and education.
In-depth Resources
In-depth Resources
Strong Towns Action Lab – A great compendium of resources, case studies, articles, and examples of what cities and Strong Towns chapters across the country are doing.
Strong Towns Crash Analysis Studio – A guided framework to analyze the multiple factors that caused car crashes and identify what can be done to reduce the frequency and trauma of future crashes.
Strong Towns Academy – Free and in-depth paid courses to develop skills to advocate and organize locally.
Mobilizing Your Community to Become a Strong Town – A $75 course to jumpstart learning how to rally your neighbors and start taking action.
Parking Reform Network – A group dedicated to transforming parking policies, including an interactive map that shows how much land is dedicated to parking.
Not Just Bikes + Strong Towns – Free discussion guides that go with each Not Just Bikes video to help kickstart conversations in your community.
Tactical Urbanist’s Guide – An practical guide to successful “DIY” urbanism.
Podcasts
Podcasts
Upzoned, a Strong Towns podcast
The Bottom-Up Revolution, a Strong Towns podcast
Building Local Power from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Reinventing Parking from the Parking Reform Network
Freeway Exit, a 6-episode series from KPBS Radio
Books
Books
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution for American Prosperity, by Charles Marohn
Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck
Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in our Lives, by Chris Bruntlett and Melissa Bruntlett
Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities, by Veronica Davis
Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America, by Angie Schmitt
There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster–Who Profits and Who Pays the Price, Jessie Singer
Crash Course: If You Want to Get Away with Murder Buy a Car, by Woodrow Phoenix
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World, by Henry Grabar
Zoned in the USA: The Origins and Implications of American Land-Use Regulation, by Sonia Hirt
The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Declineof America’s Man-Made Landscape, by James Howard Kunstler
Tactical Urbanism: Short-Term Action for Long-Term Change, by Mike Lydon and Anthony Garcia
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time, by Jeff Speck
Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life, by Jane Jacobs
Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America’s Independent Businesses, by Stacy Mitchell
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond
Missing Middle Housing: Thinking Big and Building Small to Respond to Today’s Housing Crisis, by Daniel Parolek
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein
Want even more? Check out The Ultimate Strong Towns Reading List.
Check Out our Albuquerque-Specific Resources
Check Out our Albuquerque-Specific Resources
Want to learn how to write the Mayor's Office, your City Councilor, or find your Neighborhood Association? Check out ABQ-101, a quick overview of links and resources. Want to dig in deeper in how Strong Towns principles are at work in Albuquerque? Check out ABQ-102!
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