Strong Towns

Transportation is getting worse.  And costing more. We must do better.  

Shasta Living Streets and the Sacramento Valley Section of the California APA Cascade Division recently hosted Charles Marohn for a presentation about his new book “Confessions of a Recovering Engineer, Transportation For a Strong Town.”  

Ideas presented give strategies for improvements that make a real difference. 

Thank you to everyone who attended.  We will soon have an audio recording and short video to share with you.  
Join the Community Book Reading to Learn More  

★ BOOKS Charles Marohn’s new book is available for purchase at Shasta Living Streets. Contact us at 530.355.2230 or order online at the link below.

JOIN THE COMMUNITY BOOK READING We offer another opportunity to join in the community discussion, whether you attend this event or not. We invite you to read Charles’ new book, “Confessions of a Recovering Engineer” and join us in a community book reading.

THE NEW BOOK: CONFESSIONS OF A RECOVERING ENGINEER Charles Marohn, professional engineer and founder of the Strong Towns movement, lifts the curtain on America’s transportation system in his newest book, Confessions of a Recovering Engineer. In this book tour presentation, Marohn demonstrates how the values of engineers and other transportation professionals are applied in the design process, and how those priorities differ from the values of the general public. By showing how transportation investments are a means to an end and not an end unto themselves, Marohn reveals how the standard approach to issues like fighting congestion, addressing speeding, and designing intersections only makes transportation problems worse, at great cost in terms of both safety and resources. By contrast, the Strong Towns approach to transportation focuses on bottom-up techniques for spending less and getting higher returns, all while improving quality of life for residents of a community.

BOOKS AVAILABLE AT SHASTA LIVING STREETS

  • Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town
  • Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity
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THANK YOU We are grateful to The McConnell Foundation and the Sacramento Valley Section of the California APA for generous support to bring Charles Marohn to our community.