Here's the audio from our April 2019 edition of Ask Strong Towns, a bimonthly webcast in which you can ask anything you want of our founder and president, Chuck Marohn, and our communications director, Kea Wilson.
Questions answered:
2:05: Strong Towns regularly advocates for street trees. The arguments made make sense, but I have yet to see my biggest concern about street trees addressed. Trees roots can wreak havoc on water and wastewater lines, creating huge repair costs. Are there strategies to plant new street trees while protecting the underground utility infrastructure?
9:55: How does a land value tax work in predominantly rural areas? How would it affect the taxing of agricultural land?
19:45: In our city, we are dusting off a tool we had on paper but have not used much in practice: our Land Bank. What does a Strong Towns approach to a Land Bank look like?
28:00: What is the definition of a vibrant Downtown and why is it important to have one?
38:50: Does the higher density of the traditional development pattern require urban infrastructure (water/sewer lines, complete streets networks, etc.) to function? If so, how does a rural town/area incrementally grow in the traditional development pattern without building pricey infrastructure first?
Ryan Crane: Malpractice and Accountability in Engineering—A Surgeon’s Take
An Update and the Strong Towns Strategic Plan
“How Can My Town *Not* Be Wealthy When There’s Been So Much Growth?”
Annamarie Pluhar: Shared Housing Doesn’t Have to Be Scary
The Latest Update on the Strong Towns Lawsuit
Truth in Accounting: Making Cities’ Finances Transparent for All
Jeff Speck on Confessions of a Recovering Engineer
Chuck Marohn Answers Your Questions
Jarrett Walker: ”Prediction and Freedom Are Opposites”
Peter Norton: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving
Driving Went Down. Fatalities Went Up. Here’s Why.
Tim Soerens: Reconnecting Churches with Their Neighborhoods
Two Different Languages
Which Wins Out: An Engineer‘s Discretion or a Book of Standards?
Another Tragedy at Springfield
The Hidden Values Behind Our Unsafe Streets
Chuck Marohn Answers Your Questions
Rick Harnish: Stronger Transit for Stronger Cities
Bad Benches (and Other Park Problems)
Fighting an Urban Highway Expansion in Shreveport
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