Charles Marohn

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3. The Failure of GASB 34 Public Accounting?

Thanks John. Government accounting is not like other forms of accounting. If you run a business, you have to show your depreciating assets and your accumulating liabilities on your balance sheet. I...

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• September 14, 2022 02:58
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3. Strong Town Principles in a Rural Environment

Hi Pam. About a decade ago, I wrote a piece trying to get at this exact thing (Roads, Streets, Stroads, and Park Roads).  Engineers tend to hate this, but the federal park road standards are legit ...

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• September 14, 2022 02:54
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Thank you, Roger. And second to what Rodney has added here -- great stuff going on and they would benefit from having you in their conversation.

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• June 13, 2022 18:28
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3. Value Needed to Justify Investment

There are so many variables there -- the type of street, the type of tax system, the soil conditions, drainage costs, are there utilities or not, traffic flow, pavement type, etc... -- that it's re...

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• May 02, 2022 04:32
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3. Presentation to take to City Councils / City Planners?

Welcome! Glad you found us. If you are talking about a presentation you can share, there are some options. For a quick introduction, the Not Just Bikes intro to Strong Towns video is great. The ent...

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• November 13, 2021 16:40
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3. How can cities constructively guide "cataclysmic money"?

Rodney, what part of this is still up for debate? Are you just asking how to react to the BRT investment? The people who are "resistant" -- is it just discontent or is there something they can inte...

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• November 11, 2021 05:20
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3. Source of Transportation Design Guidelines

Is it this one?  https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2012/8/20/roads-streets-stroads-and-park-roads.html

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• September 15, 2021 05:40
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These are two good questions, but let me focus on the statement "there are significant limitations" first because it creates an important context. I don't think it is reasonable, or even desirable,...

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• July 06, 2021 20:13
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3. Lowering Speed Limits on Residential Streets

I feel like there are a couple of questions here. Let me see if I can simplify them: Is a blanket lowering of speed limits a good thing to do? How do we get engineers to vary from the 85th percent...

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• July 06, 2021 19:45
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3. Sewer (Stormwater) and other utilities that protect the environment.

I'm having a difficult time understanding this aspect of the question: "....how you address environmental problems caused by higher density..." In the engineering profession, there is a saying: "di...

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• May 03, 2021 05:09
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