Strong Towns
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- Опубліковано 21 гру 2022
- Charles L. Marohn author of Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity and the founder/president of Strong Towns talks with journalist Megan Thompson
Charles Marohn Jr.
Author and Founder and President, Strong Towns
Megan Thompson
Journalist
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PBS please put Charles Marohn and Strong Towns on air more. The Strong Towns conversation needs to spread. There's so much to unpack.
coming from youtube recommend i did not realize that i am watching PBS - mico
Charles Marohn and Strong Towns offer so much wisdom and insight. Such valuable information, everyone needs to hear what this man has to say.
Agreed.
It is exciting to think that more livable, more walkable cities are also generate more wealth and tax revenues. Doing right by pedestrians and cyclists can make a city more fun, healthy, and affluent for everyone.
Exactly. This is why this needs to change
It's so wild how we built deadly spaces in our human environments. Putting pedestrians in the clear zone, the space purposefully cleared of obstacles because designers fully expect cars to veer off at high speeds, is negligent.
More Urbanist content please PBS! Another good one is Not Just Bikes
We also need separate design standards for roads vs streets just like how it is in Europe. New neighbourhoods should not be built in the same deadly fashion.
More North Americans need to be aware of this! Please bring this guy in for another video.
Pure respect for the guy, working on something all those years and finding out it's the wrong way of thinking/doing too going out there and doing something about it!
Yes but all he had to do was travel to Europe. He would quickly realize that cities can be better planned and more efficient.
I'm happy that PBS is featuring Strong Towns, this movement really needs more exposure!
Removing "stroads" benefits drivers too, as more people will walk if they feel comfortable on proper streets, leading to less cars on the road.
I like that a lot of this was focused on economic impact. Things like safety for pedestrians or a place being nice to walk around are important, but let's be honest, if you're already driving everywhere, you probably don't care that much about that...
I feel like they left out the part about, if there are more people walking/biking, there will be fewer cars on the road as well.
And if the jobs are paired with more local compact housing, driving won't be as necessary for daily life, saving lots of money, and road use.
Probably intentionally. Car-obsessed Americans don't like the notion that they might be one of the ones not in their car.
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Sure, maybe.
I just would say, if you're saying all Americans are car-obsessed, I don't agree with that.
But maybe you actually are separating "the Americans that are car-obsessed" and the ones that aren't.
I just feel like many people here consider it a tool.
But I do realize the obsessed exist.
@@themanyouwanttobe I feel like car-minded Americans would appreciate less congestions at rush hours, especially those who live in the suburbs and drive to other cities to work.
@@EdwardChan.999 A big part of the problem is that a huge majority do just that. NJB talks often about the "missing middle" 4-12 unit apartments that we just don't build in NA.
Great coverage on a huge issue
I hope that North America take this to heart but unfortunately way too many car brains out there that only cares about themselves. I'm all for this type of developement direction
The things is: its also bad for cars. It leads to more cars on the roads and thus longer travel time
Most Americans I talk to are very receptive to these ideas, it all depends on how you start off the conversation. If you say “Let’s make people in cars slow down” you get people shouting, but if you give an explanation like the video, most people are very understanding
Excellent video, very informative
Great video, cities and towns should be designed for people to live in, not for cars to drive through
I cannot like this video enough. Glad to see reporting like this from larger publications. It's great that he touched on the taxes and economical aspects of it. While I would much rather cities to be built more compact, no matter what the immediate impact, the only way to get the concept into the thick skulls of those in charge is to tell them how much money they'll save.
Thanks. Very informative. I appreciate this knowledge. It's very insightful and informative.
Isnt part of the problem zoning laws? If I want to run to a store, I have to get into my car to do it so I can go to the commercial district
Yes, but this is just an introduction to the issue, which has many different aspects. Zoning is a big part of the issue, but this keeps a more focused view on car-dependency, to not overwhelm people with ideas
This is something ST talks about. The full interview is probably even longer than what is shown here.
Great video! I've been following Strong Towns for a bit and I'm glad to see it be further publicized
I wish we had presidents and politicians like Charles. Instead we’re stuck with old, decrepit politicians who are too stubborn to change.
If you ask me, this is a no-brainer 😁
Yep. No brainer.
Really insightful video!
I hear what you're saying, but listen I have an idea you may not have considered. What if, hear me out here, we added *one* more lane?
If I had my way as supreme leader of everything, I'd cancel all suburban developments overnight and redirect efforts to make medium and high density walkable neighborhoods in every struggling city in America/Canada (which is almost all of them). As soon as the housing crisis is met with affordable, attainable living spaces, the suburbs can resume, and this time with the ability to construct low impact businesses and amenities in every new neighborhood to serve the people and help us rely less on cars.
Thanks for adding your vision to this forum on housing and development, @pux0rb.
@@ThirteenWNET Haha you're welcome. As supreme leader of everything, compliments please me.
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This model of stroads is based on money not prosperity. Money is not the same as prosperity UNLESS you literally are able to avoid stroads. Maybe a tank or a Cybertruck saves drivers from risk of death. Maybe not. I dunno. Ugly stroads are also depressingly dispiriting. Is that the point? Speed is not everything. Hurrying to our own or someone’s death or body-mangling pain and injury is also ugly ahd dispiriting. Say you survive and end up with or without manslaughter on your record UNLESS you literally find joy in the prospect. Or are numbly indifferent and/or ignorant of the point of traffic laws.
I am all for paring down roads rather severely because at this point the are bloat financially and needlessly … well ugly.
Wait, what is this video about again?
The way cities are designed, has been proved thats its one of the trashiests, most boring, deadliests ways of creating cities and things need to change, too many people have paid the price
North American Cities specifically are the bad ones
I get what you’re saying but the problem is very multifaceted. The way these environments are built are:
Dangerous
Unreliable for traffic
Fiscal suicide
And all of that is rooted in a bit of history that made it so that there only is legislation and policy to make these places.