This week we are joined by the President and Founder of Small Change , Eve Picker. Small Change is working to help real estate developers doing incremental work in core neighborhoods find the capital they need while making it easier for individuals to make small investments in improving their neighborhoods (and share in the returns on that investment). This is an exciting podcast about the future of real estate finance. For those wanting to know more, Small Change is hosting a real estate crowdf...
Feb 18, 2016•43 min•Ep. 210
On their weekly podcast, Rachel and Chuck discuss the way the Strong Towns movement and incremental development can be a path toward inclusion for women, minorities, and other marginalized communities. They also talk about a recent trip to Burlington, VT and an upcoming visit to Los Angeles and Pasadena, CA. Also included in this episode, book and movie recommendations from Chuck and Rachel.
Feb 15, 2016•32 min•Ep. 209
Are your taxes paying for the cost of your street? Nitin Gadia has created an interactive mapping tool to explore the answer to this question in his hometown of Ames, Iowa. Nitin works for MapStory, an open platform for organizing our knowledge about how the world changes over time and space. We highly recommend that you visit http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/2/11/podcast-nitin-gadia-on-mapping to view the map we discuss in this episode, as well as a guide for creating your own map and mo...
Feb 11, 2016•31 min•Ep. 208
Chuck and Rachel discuss upcoming trips to Burlington, VT and Los Angeles, as well as the Flint water crisis and pipe maintenance issues throughout the country. They also touch on a couple books about the Nat Turner rebellion and the Holocaust.
Feb 09, 2016•34 min•Ep. 207
From a beautiful little neighborhood in Oklahoma City, Chuck Marohn interviews ULI members Shane Hampton and Jane Jenkins in front of a live audience. The conversation is about Oklahoma City past, present and future.
Feb 04, 2016•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 206
Rachel and Chuck recap #NoNewRoads Week and discuss Chuck's busy week of travel in January, including a trip to Oklahoma City, Deerfield Beach, FL and the City Engineer's Association of Minnesota Conference, where he encountered some backwards messaging but was able to sway some engineers toward the Strong Towns message. Also, they take a brief look at Donald Trump and his appeal to the wage earning class.
Feb 02, 2016•33 min•Ep. 205
Susan Handy of the University of California at Davis speaks on induced traffic and impacts of fighting congestion through adding capacity. A summary of the findings can be found here .
Jan 29, 2016•22 min•Ep. 204
Former Mayor of Seattle, Michael McGinn, discusses the tunneling project currently underway in Seattle, the discussions that led to the decision to proceed with a tunnel and subsequent actions by the governor, legislature and city to deal with the aftermath. McGinn also discusses the tradeoffs of how we fund transportation and what it will take to start spending less and getting more.
Jan 28, 2016•32 min•Ep. 203
A conversation with Kevin Blanchard, former Public Works Director for the city of Lafayette. Kevin was part of the conversations in Lafayette involving Strong towns and Urban 3. He was instrumental in making the conversation over the fiscal realities of transportation spending part of the broader community dialog. His insights come from experience and echo many of the things being discussed by public works directors around the country.
Jan 27, 2016•30 min•Ep. 202
Chuck and Rachel discuss this week's #NoNewRoads campaign. They touch on the new federal transportation funding bill, issues in Texas, Minnesota and Washington state, as well as a fascinating new tool you can use to look at transportation funding priorities in your own state.
Jan 26, 2016•32 min•Ep. 201
Rachel Quednau interviews Randy Simes all the way from Seoul, South Korea, to talk about the Ohio Department of Transportation’s expected announcement of a major shift toward “fix it first” policy, and away from new road projects. Randy is the founder and managing editor of UrbanCincy, news sources for Cincinnati’s urban core, as well as an urban planner who has worked around the world.
Jan 25, 2016•18 min•Ep. 200
Special guest Joe Minicozzi joins Chuck Marohn to talk about the movie The Big Short and their own experience with big money and shady land deals.
Jan 22, 2016•1 hr•Ep. 199
Member Support Specialist, Jason Schaefer, makes a guest appearance on the podcast along with Rachel Quednau, to discuss the week's events in Santa Rosa, CA, as well as new members, favorite podcasts, and the book, The Four Hour Work Week. Plus they share an announcement about an upcoming Strong Towns campaign.
Jan 18, 2016•21 min•Ep. 198
Strong Towns is having a board meeting this weekend and Chuck's thoughts are on the changes the organization has made over the past year and what we face in the future. This episode is about the organization behind the Strong Towns movement.
Jan 14, 2016•50 min•Ep. 197
Chuck and Rachel discuss a recent trip to Olympia, WA for a Curbside Chat, plus diversity (or lack of it) in local government. They also discuss the question, related to a recent Strong Towns story: Should local governments run golf courses and other public amenities or not?
Jan 11, 2016•25 min•Ep. 196
After listening to the lecture series Redefining Reality: The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science , Chuck has some questions about whether or not modern economics, with it's Keynesian paradigm, is stuck at the Newtonian phase and is in need of an Einstein.
Jan 08, 2016•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 195
Chuck and Rachel return from a holiday break with updates on the Strong Towns website, a look at 2016 and some travel this week to Washington.
Jan 04, 2016•22 min•Ep. 194
Chuck and Rachel discuss new members, an upcoming trip to Pennsylvania and the Syrian refugee crisis. Chuck also recommends Great Courses on Audible.com and the book, Asia's Cauldron.
Dec 01, 2015•25 min•Ep. 193
Chuck Marohn interviews Joe Minicozzi of Urban Three about parking minimums for #BlackFridayParking week.
Nov 25, 2015•25 min•Ep. 192
Chuck Marohn interviews John Anderson about parking minimums for #BlackFridayParking week.
Nov 24, 2015•22 min•Ep. 191
Chuck Marohn interviews Donald Shoup, Distinguished Research Professor in Urban Planning at the University of California, Los Angeles. His book, The High Cost of Free Parking, and his extensive research into the effects of parking on cities have made him a prominent voice on these topics. He joins Strong Towns for #BlackFridayParking week.
Nov 23, 2015•27 min•Ep. 190
Our 1000th Member is Laura Nottingham from Omaha, Nebraska.
Nov 14, 2015•16 min•Ep. 189
Author, speaker, social critique and friend of the Strong Towns movement Jim Kunstler joins the podcast to provide an update on The Long Emergency, America's ongoing struggle with economic turmoil, energy depletion and climate craziness.
Nov 13, 2015•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 188
Jason Schaefer and Rachel Quednau chat about the diversity of Strong Towns members, what it's been like working for the organization, and what they're looking forward to as the organization grows.
Nov 12, 2015•23 min•Ep. 187
One of our more colorful contributors is Johnny Sanphillippo, the author of the blog Granola Shotgun . Johnny joins Chuck to contrast three cities in New Jersey and, in the process, gain some insight into what will follow America's Suburban Experiment. Become a member of Strong Towns this week by going to www.strongtowns.org/membership .
Nov 11, 2015•40 min•Ep. 186
We kick off the #1000Strong member drive with an interview of Strong Towns Founder and President Chuck Marohn by Board Member John Reuter. John asks Chuck about the current state of the movement, some of the big things coming up, the inside on new staff members and some personal questions on his commitment to change. Go to www.strongtowns.org/membership to become a member today.
Nov 10, 2015•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 185
This week we chat with Placemaker Scott Doyon ( Facebook / Web ) about the Oakhurst Porchfest , a grassroots music festival held in Decatur, GA. Scott also wrote about the event on the Placemaker's blog .
Nov 06, 2015•29 min•Ep. 184
In a solo monologue this week, Chuck talks about efforts to improve the sound quality of the podcast and then provides an analysis of traffic congestion in the hierarchical road network theory.
Oct 30, 2015•50 min•Ep. 183
Chuck and Rachel discuss last week's trip to Maine, upcoming events this week in Austin, the Curbside Chat booklet, and even waterparks. Plus get Chuck's latest book recommendations.
Oct 27, 2015•17 min•Ep. 182
Author, civil engineer and University of Minnesota professor David Levinson ( Twitter ) joins the podcast to talk about his new book, The End of Traffic and the Future of Transport , which he co-authored with Kevin Krizek. You can read Professor Levinson regularly on his blog, The Transportationist, as well as on Streets.MN ....
Oct 23, 2015•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 181
