
Charles Marohn
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I wrote a plan to do exactly that. Here's the link.
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Yeah, you've reach the same problem I reached back in 2007. You can't scale costs this way, not in any reliable fashion. Even here in central Minnesota, with 200 feet of sandy glacial outwash to wo...
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This reminds me of the time that the city here in Brainerd decided to put bike lanes in front of one of the Catholic churches (not the one I primarily attend). Why bike lanes there? Because they we...
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Well, I don't think there is a solution here. A less dramatic upzoning would be.... um.... less pointless. But, yes, covenants can be removed, but more often they disappear because they are ignore...
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You're demonstrating why I'm not a fan of restrictive covenants nor dramatic upzonings. This situation seems like bad policy decision meets bad policy decision. I don't see a simple or even logical...
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Thanks Steve. This is the most common question that I receive. I've answered it in a number of ways, but I just wrote this article to try and summarize. If I'm not understanding you, please let me ...
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It is possible to believe you are making things safer and putting safety as a priority while your actions actually run counter to this. Adherents to the forgiving design mentality -- basically anyo...
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Funny, I read this and three different articles came to mind (we've written so many that meet this description). The Strong Towns Approach to Public Investment (excerpt from Strong Towns) Your Ci...
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There was one sentence in Mike's original question I wanted to highlight, because it does allow me to point out something important about what we're doing at Strong Towns. Mike wrote: An outside g...
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