Topic-Specific Pages
Additional Materials
Introduction to Strong Towns & How Suburban Development Makes Cities Poorer (9 minutes)
The Growth Ponzi Scheme & How Bankrupt Cities Stay Alive (16 minutes)
We Are In A Housing Trap. Can We Escape? (20 mins)
What is a Stroad? (8 minutes)
Stroads are Ugly, Expensive, and Dangerous (18 minutes)
This is What It Takes To Be a Strong Town. Is Yours One? (4 minutes)
Are Parking Lots Ruining Your City? (15 minutes)
Our Cities are Broken - Now What? (3 minutes)
Alder District Maps - City of Madison
Giving Public Comment - Madison is For People
Joining Your Neighborhood Association - Madison is For People
How to Use Legistar - Madison is For People
Open Data Portal - City of Madison
Madison Housing Snapshot Report (2023) - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Report on Housing Supply and Affordability (2024) - Madison Housing Strategy Committee
Regional Housing Strategy - Dane Country
Modeling the True Cost of Developments (2015) - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Property Lookup - City of Madison, Dane County
Madison Property Tax Value per Acre - Jim Kreft
Madison Land Value Tax - Blake Wasung
Budget - City of Madison
Property Value + Taxes Over Time - Harald Klein
Complete Green Streets Guide (2022) - City of Madison
Wisconsin Automobile Crash Map - Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Parking Lot Map - Parking Reform Network
State Smart Transportation Initiative - University of Wisconsin - Madison
Travel Time Map - Close.City
Bollard Placement Map - Billion Bollards Club. Search 'Madison, WI' in the search bar, then follow the site's instructions.
High Injury Network - City of Madison
Vision Zero Project - City of Madison
Car Size Comparison - CarSized
Interactive Comprehensive Plan - City of Madison Planning Division
Madison Zoning Code Ordinance - City of Madison
Madison Park and Open Space Plan - City of Madison Parks Divison
Note: all links lead to the Madison Public Library reservation page.
Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity by Charles L. Marohn, Jr.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How To Fix It by M. Nolan Gray
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar
Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis by Charles L. Marohn, Jr.
Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier by Edward L. Glaeser
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck
How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality by Peter Moskowitz
Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution by Janette Sadik-Khan
The High Cost of Free Parking by Donald Shoup