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How Do We Design for Drivers?
Oct 5, 2026
55m 13s
Massachusetts Is Putting Starter Homes on the Ballot
Sep 21, 2026
49m 20s
What Comes After Cities Kill Parking Mandates?
Sep 14, 2026
54m 27s
Is Homeownership Still Part of the American Dream?
Sep 7, 2026
1h 04m 37s
Chuck’s Engineering Lawsuit Finally Has a Ruling
Aug 31, 2026
45m 48s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/5/26 | How Do We Design for Drivers? | Drivers are usually treated as the obstacle when cities try to build better places for walking, biking and transit. Houssam Elokda of Happy Cities and Nick Falbo of Mobycon argue that this framing misses something important: people-centered places still have to work for the people arriving by car. Their framework starts with a counterintuitive idea borrowed from Dutch design, that going slower can be faster, because what drivers often value most is a trip that feels steady and predictable rather than one that moves quickly in short bursts. This is a different way of thinking about street design, one that moves past speed as the main measure and asks how the whole trip works for people. Additional Show Notes Houssam Elokda (LinkedIn) Nick Falbo (LinkedIn) How to Design for Cars in People-Centered Places (Site) Chuck Marohn (Substack) This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Thank you! Join fellow members discussing this episode in The Commons. | 55m 13s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 | Massachusetts Is Putting Starter Homes on the Ballot | Massachusetts voters are being asked a surprisingly simple housing question: Should a single-family home be legal on a 5,000-square-foot lot with public sewer and water? Chuck talks with Andrew Mikula, a Boston policy researcher who spearheaded the volunteer effort behind Question 7, the ballot measure that would make that standard legal statewide. Andrew explains why the coalition chose such a modest baseline, how much control cities would still keep, and what infrastructure and affordability have to do with a seemingly small change in lot size. The ballot question sets the baseline, but the next fight is much more local: turning that rule into something that actually works in existing neighborhoods. Additional Show Notes Andrew Mikula (LinkedIn) Yes on 7 (Site, Instagram, Facebook) State Preemption Should Help Cities Become Better Cities (Article) Chuck Marohn (Substack) This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Thank you! Join fellow members discussing this episode in The Commons. | 49m 20s | ||||||
| 9/14/26 | What Comes After Cities Kill Parking Mandates? | Parking reform used to feel like a niche fight. Now North Carolina has eliminated most parking mandates statewide, cities are following one another’s lead, and Tony Jordan says he sometimes finds out about reforms only after they happen. The Parking Reform Network co-founder explains what comes next once cities stop requiring businesses and homes to build parking by formula. That means dealing with crowded curbs, empty downtown lots, pricing, and the fear that removing parking will make access worse. Getting rid of the mandate may be the easy part, but once the mandates disappear, cities still have to answer the question those rules were trying to avoid: when parking really is scarce, who gets the space? Additional Show Notes Tony Jordan (LinkedIn) Parking Reform Network (Site) North Carolina eliminates minimum parking requirements for new developments (Article) Parking Reform Policy Cookbook (Site) Chuck Marohn (Substack) This podcast is made possible by Strong Towns members. Thank you! Join fellow members discussing this episode in The Commons. | 54m 27s | ||||||
| 9/7/26 | homeownershipAmerican Dream+3 | Kevin KlinkenbergCamille Cortes+1 | Strong TownsIs the Housing 'Crisis' Real? | — | homeownershipAmerican Dream+5 | — | 1h 04m 37s | ||
| 8/31/26 | legal disputeengineering licensing+3 | Chuck Marohn | Minnesota’s engineering licensing boardStrong Towns | — | engineering lawsuitcourt ruling+3 | — | 45m 48s | ||
| 8/24/26 | data centersYIMBY movement+4 | — | e-bikesStrong Towns+1 | — | data centersYIMBY+4 | — | 1h 02m 41s | ||
| 8/10/26 | infrastructuregovernment finance+3 | Richard Ciccarone | Merit Research Services | — | infrastructure backlogbond ratings+3 | — | 1h 05m 54s | ||
| 8/3/26 | urban planningtransportation+3 | Rebecca SernaSagirah Jones | Propel ATL | AtlantaBuford Highway | Buford Highwaywalking audits+3 | — | 49m 48s | ||
| 7/27/26 | highway fundingtransportation policy+4 | Rebecca Higgins | Eno Center for Transportation | — | Highway Trust Fundtransportation+5 | — | 52m 22s | ||
| 7/20/26 | urban planningcommunity engagement+3 | Krista Nightengale | Better Block | — | Better Blockurban planning+3 | — | 56m 31s | ||
| 7/13/26 | transiturban planning+3 | Jarrett Walker | Human Transit | Des Moines | transit tradeoffbus network+3 | — | 1h 03m 01s | ||
| 7/6/26 | street designurban planning+3 | Victor Dover | Dover, Kohl, & PartnersStreet Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns | — | street treesbenches+3 | — | 59m 52s | ||
| 6/29/26 | road safetypedestrian deaths+4 | Beth Osborne | Smart Growth AmericaDangerous by Design+1 | — | pedestrian safetyroad design+3 | — | 56m 39s | ||
| 6/22/26 | leadership transitionorganizational change+3 | John Reuter | Strong TownsLeague of Conservation Voters | IdahoSandpoint | Strong Townsleadership+5 | — | 1h 01m 41s | ||
| 6/15/26 | housing crisisland markets+4 | Lars Doucet | — | — | housing crisisland value tax+3 | — | 1h 08m 34s | ||
| 6/8/26 | federal transportationtransportation reform+3 | Beth Osborne | Transportation for AmericaUSDOT | Fayetteville, Arkansas | federal transportation billaccountability+4 | — | 42m 13s | ||
| 5/28/26 | housing reformIllinois+4 | Governor JB Pritzker | — | — | housing shortageBuild Initiative+4 | — | 38m 40s | ||
| 5/18/26 | Catholic lifecommunity+3 | — | — | ItalyHasidic Brooklyn+1 | Catholiccommunity+3 | — | 46m 53s | ||
| 5/11/26 | localismnational politics+4 | Jake Auchincloss | Strong Towns | — | local powernational politics+4 | — | 41m 19s | ||
| 5/4/26 | urban dynamicspopulation growth+3 | — | — | ManchesterUK | Manchesterurban growth+3 | — | 57m 17s | ||
| 4/27/26 | urban planninghighway impacts+4 | Patrick Kennedy | Strong TownsAtlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts | Dallas | inner city highwaysurban development+5 | — | 58m 38s | ||
| 4/24/26 | infrastructure planningurban development+3 | Chuck Marohn | Strong TownsTe Waihanga+1 | New Zealand | infrastructureurban planning+5 | — | 44m 55s | ||
| 4/20/26 | persuasionempathy+4 | Joshua Bandoch | Strong Towns | — | persuasionempathy+6 | — | 45m 20s | ||
| 4/13/26 | local actionincremental development+5 | Kevin Klinkenberg | — | Kansas City | messy citieslocal action+5 | — | 56m 47s | ||
| 4/6/26 | gas taxtransportation policy+4 | Tony Dutzik | Frontier GroupCall "Time Out" on Highway Boondoggles+2 | — | gas taxtransportation+5 | — | 1h 02m 43s | ||
| 4/3/26 | California housing crisisneighborhood development+4 | Jim Wunderman | California ForeverREACH | — | California housingaffordability+4 | — | 36m 24s | ||
| 3/30/26 | infrastructure maintenancenational infrastructure plan+4 | Geoff CooperChuck Marohn | Te Waihanga | — | infrastructuremaintenance+4 | — | 49m 50s | ||
| 3/23/26 | city insolvencylocal government+5 | Michel Durand-Wood | Strong TownsSubstack+2 | — | city insolvencyservice cuts+6 | — | 1h 03m 48s | ||
| 3/16/26 | housing crisisdark finance+3 | — | Strong Towns | — | housing crisissupply and demand+3 | — | 1h 07m 17s | ||
| 2/26/26 | infrastructuretransportation+3 | — | — | — | infrastructure problemstransportation spending+3 | — | 49m 47s | ||
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Peaked at #12 in PE, currently #12 in PE.
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| PE | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| IS | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| GR | — | #36 | #36 | — |
| HU | — | #37 | #37 | — |
| CH | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| Denmark | — | #45 | #45 | — |
| MY | — | #46 | #46 | — |
| CL | — | #48 | #48 | — |
| United States | — | #51 | #51 | — |
| Canada | — | #69 | #69 | — |
| France | — | #86 | #86 | — |
| PH | — | #88 | #88 | — |
| Australia | — | #91 | #91 | — |
| Spain | — | #99 | #99 | — |
| Japan | — | #105 | #105 | — |
| PT | — | #116 | #116 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #131 | #131 | — |
| Mexico | — | #143 | #143 | — |
| SG | — | #145 | #145 | — |
| Ireland | — | #149 | #149 | — |
Chart Positions
26 placements across 26 markets.
Chart Positions
26 placements across 26 markets.