Charles Marohn

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3. How do cities ensure a good return on infrastructure investments?

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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• January 24, 2023 05:13
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3. Questions about Diversity and Inclusion

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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• January 17, 2023 05:07
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3. Alternatives to the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices?

I appreciate this thought; essentially, can we build a better mousetrap? There are people working on that, and there are others working on reforming the MUTCD. I don't oppose those efforts, but I'm...

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• December 30, 2022 05:16
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3. Drug Policy

You should ask SAM Quinones, or better yet, read his books. The reporting is really good. Twitter: https://twitter.com/samquinones7  Books: Dreamland The Least of Us  

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• December 12, 2022 22:46
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3. Stopping a project?

I hope that someone else has a better answer, but my sense is that you can't stop it. At least, I've never seen one stopped once the contract is let and things are moving ahead. Please, someone giv...

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• December 12, 2022 22:42
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3. strong town math

If you stop development, then there is no new income. I'm not sure what good new income does you if it costs you more than you bring in. Actually, I am sure -- it's a horrible decision. Look at t...

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• November 21, 2022 22:01
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3. Finished the book

What book, Mark? I feel like you're starting to wrestle with the right questions. For instance, how do you justify a bridge? The answer to that is the value of the things you connect is either prod...

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• November 16, 2022 02:06
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3. Residential home values and speed of adjacent roads?

I've never come across data like that, and I doubt that it exists in any reliable way. That being said, what I do see everywhere is a corollary observation: When you have affluent neighborhoods, yo...

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• November 10, 2022 05:02
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3. "Customer Service" Podcast: A City's Role

While its reference to subsidiarity was interesting, I wanted more on this concept and how it plays out in a lot more than permitting and property lines. I'm jumping in here to say that I agree wit...

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• November 10, 2022 04:56
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3. StrongTowns awards?

We do have the annual Strongest Town competition, a bracket style event where we examine great places and what they are doing to build a Strong Town. In 2023, the winner is going to get a trip to t...

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• November 10, 2022 04:47
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