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Strong Towns Accelerator Program: Confessions of a Recovering Engineer
Introduction
What to Expect
How to Navigate the Strong Towns Academy (5:56)
Meet Your Fellow Accelerators
Assignment: Personal Goals
Assignment: Communication as a Core Foundation (2:14)
Orientation Session, January 9, 2025
Understanding Strong Towns Principles
Introduction to Strong Towns (4:44)
6 Principles of a Strong Town (0:43)
Strong Towns Resources (7:56)
Session 1: Embedded Values in Engineering
Before you begin...
1.1 Conversation with an Engineer
1.2 Embedded Values (5:36)
1.3 Difference Between a Street and a Road (4:02)
1.4 Whose Mistakes Do We Forgive? (6:57)
Session 1: Small Group Coaching Session, January 13, 2025
Session 2: Differentiating Roads and Streets
Before you begin...
2.1 Understanding How People Drive (7:44)
2.2 People: The Indicator Species of Success (6:34)
2.3 The Pubic Investment Process for a Strong Town (15:30)
2.4 Establishing A Street Design Team (6:06)
Session 2: Small Group Coaching Session, January 27, 2025
Action Plans and One-On-One Coaching
Expert, One-on-One Coaching for Strengthening Your Community
Meet the Strong Towns Experts
What is an Action Plan?
How to schedule and prepare for mentorship sessions
Session 3: Understanding and Improving Traffic Congestion
Before you begin...
3.1 Manufacturing Congestion (6:08)
3.2 Induced Demand (7:00)
3.3 Responding to Congestion (7:28)
3.4 Intersections: Speed and Traffic Flow (6:29)
3.5 Streets With No Cars - Kansas City Case Study (7:07)
Session 3: Small Group Coaching Session, February 10, 2025
Session 4: Transportation Finance and Economic Implications
Before you begin...
4.1 Transportation Finance
4.2 Economic Impact of Transportation Projects on Municipalities
4.3 Making Financially Sustainable Transportation Investments
4.X Designating State Aid Corridors
Session 4: Small Group Coaching Session, February 24, 2025
Session 5: Public Transit and Transportation Technologies
5.1 Public Transit
5.2 Technology and Fads
Session 5: Small Group Coaching Session, March 10, 2025
Session 6: Reforming Transportation Professions
6.1 The Routine Traffic Stop
6.2 Reforming Transportation Professionals
6.3 My Confession
Session 6: Small Group Coaching Session, March 24, 2025
Conclusion
Reflecting on your learning journey
Next steps in building a Strong Town
Resources for continuous education and support
Case Studies and Additional Resources
Understanding and Improving Traffic Congestion: Observed Stacking (3:58)
Understanding and Improving Traffic Congestion: Willow Street and College Drive (7:47)
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1.1 Conversation with an Engineer
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