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b'After World War II, the U.S. embarked on an experiment in how we build cities. Instead of creating places scaled to people who walked, we built suburbs that focused on moving cars quickly and efficiently. Many cities in North America are looking to become walkable again, but it\\u2019s not easy. Time and time again, change makers are hit by bureaucracy and complicated logistics.\\xa0\\nWhy is it so difficult to change? In \\u201cUrban Intercurrence: The Struggle to Build Walkable Downtowns in Car-Dependent Suburbia,\\u201d author Tristan Cleveland goes in depth about why cities struggle to retrofit their car dependence, and what could actually be done to create change.\\nIn this Strong Towns Podcast, host Chuck Marohn chats with Tristan Cleveland, PhD, who is a Strong Towns member and an urban planner at Happy Cities.\\xa0\\nADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES\\n\\nTristan Cleveland (Twitter).\\n\\n\\nRead Tristan\\u2019s PhD thesis on how to redesign suburban communities to become healthy, walkable places.\\n\\n\\nChuck Marohn (Twitter).\\n\\n\\nLearn more about the 2023 Local-Motive Tour.'