Ep 21 | Diane Alisa Tuft on Restoring the American Village

What if suburbia didn't have to be a dead end? Diane Alisa Tuft, author of A Love Letter to Suburbia: How to Restore the American Village, joins Cities in Motion to make the case that the sprawling, car-dependent neighborhoods most Americans call home don't have to stay that way.Diane's book is part personal reflection, part urbanist manifesto — exploring how car dependency, corporate consolidation, and the erosion of community have hollowed out the American Dream. But rather than simply critiquing suburban sprawl, she offers a concrete vision: the "American Village," a walkable, community-centered model built from the infrastructure we already have.