The Strong Towns Podcast

CNU President and CEO Lynn Richards talking about accelerating the pace of change, #IamCNU and ways the Congress for the New Urbanism is leading a movement for building great places.

Jarrett Walker of Jarrett Walker + Associates and James Llamas of Traffic Engineers, Inc. talk about the reimagined Houston transit network, the hard choices that brought it about and how the city's bus network now provides more service to more people with the same budget.

Jeff Tumlin of Nelson/Nygaard talks about the nuances of the Trinity Toll Road, the cognitive dissonance of parking and using performance metrics to make good local decisions.

John Simmerman of Active Towns talks about his move to Austin, the Active Living tour and efforts to slow cars.

Hazel Borys of Placemakers talking about living in a northern city, the spread of form based codes and being a reluctant, but necessary, free range parent.

Steve Mouzon talking about the Original Green, his new book, Cuba and a rescue project in Bahamas.

Dan Parolek is Principal at Opticos Design in Berkley, CA. Opticos is the force behind www.missingmiddle.com, a website devoted to reintroducing the housing and building types that were ubquitous in the human scaled development era, and nearly extinct for the last 60 years. The website shows pictures and diagrams of duplexes, quadplexes, bungalow courts, courtyard housing and more.

Andrew Burleson and Chuck Marohn manage to waste 90 minutes talking about nothing of any real importance. There are some book recommendations, discussion on Hardcore History, a Meriwether Lewis biography and some reflection on the purpose of CNU.

Cynthia Nikitin of Project for Public Spaces on the Citizen's Institute on Rural Design, the unique challenges of small towns and the importants of arts in creative placemaking.

Johnny Sanphillippo of Granola Shotgun talks about why old urbanism is better and easier, why "Go West" is being replaced by "Go East" and the upside of failure. Johnny is a long time supporter of Strong Towns and a regular contributor to the blog.