"Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town" launches September 2021
In his upcoming book, "Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town" (September 2021), engineer, Strong Towns founder, and reformer Charles Marohn challenges the standard practices that have made our transportation system too costly—in time, in money and in physical safety.
Written by a "recovering engineer" for professional and enthusiast audiences, Marohn's newest book demands accountability and urges a new, bottom-up approach for a transportation system that builds wealth and prosperity for the people who use it.
Topics include:
- Understanding the inherent biases in the engineering profession.
- How roads are designed to forgive driver error at the risk of bystanders.
- Transportation financing.
- Public transit.
- Marohn's personal confession.
- And more!
I believed that my efforts to plan, design and engineer transportation systems were a service to society—that I was part of creating a prosperous America that could be shared by everyone. I was wrong. Utterly and shamefully wrong.
Charles Marohn, author of "Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town"
Advance reader copies of "Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town" are now available for members of the media and transportation-oriented organizations. For access, contact Lauren Fisher at lauren@strongtowns.org.
Strong Towns is a national movement that helps local leaders identify the cause of decline in our cities and take action to build a stronger, financially resilient future. Strong Towns is reshaping the conversation about development in North America with its advocacy for bottom-up, incremental action.
