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Back to SearchCan Safer Streets Start With a Video Game?
Episode 247
A traffic jam in a video game changed how Bryan Kelly saw his city. He traces the path from playing City Skylines and watching Not Just Bikes to noti…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Lancaster’s Locals, Newcomers, and Streets Working Together
Episode 246
Strong Towns organizer Nick Dennis shares how, once he hosted a simple meetup, he discovered a whole network of already active people in Lancaster, P…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Why Public Spaces Fail After the Ribbon Cutting
Episode 245
Well-designed public spaces often look promising at opening, then slowly lose energy and use. Max Musicant explains how that decline comes down to wh…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Ohio’s Traffic Granny Takes On Dangerous Neighborhood Streets
Episode 244
Barbara Didrichsen, known locally as “Traffic Granny,” describes how everyday walks filled with close calls in her Pleasant Ridge neighborhood in Cin…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Rethinking New Neighborhoods Between Big Plans And Incremental Change
Episode 243
Using Woodbury in Moscow, Idaho as a case study, this conversation digs into how one master-planned neighborhood pursues walkability, mixed use, and …
4 months ago
Becoming the Sidewalk Lady in Athens Ohio
Episode 242
In Athens, Ohio, stroller struggles on broken sidewalks and a sea of parking lots pushed Stevie Hunter to become the city’s “sidewalk lady.” She join…
4 months ago
Defying Deficit Narratives with Youth Pilot Projects
Episode 241
In this episode, Uthish Ganesh tells the story of returning to teach in the neighborhood where he grew up and refusing to accept his school’s bad rep…
4 months, 1 week ago
Tree Canopies, Safe Speeds, and a Council Seat
Episode 240
Emma Durand-Wood never planned on public office. But what began as challenging a pawn shop, planting trees, and pushing for safer speeds in her Winni…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Cities Need Community Led Crash Analysis Studios
Episode 239
Most crash analysis studios didn’t start inside City Hall—they were sparked by local members, neighbors, and conversation leaders who refused to acce…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Restarting a Strong Towns Local Conversation
Episode 238
In this episode, Josh Olson reflects on how he and others helped bring a Strong Towns local conversation group back to life in Madison, and kept it g…
4 months, 3 weeks ago