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D.C.’s Metro plans to raise extra revenue by having companies purchase the right to name subway stations. | Continue reading
D.C.’s Metro plans to raise extra revenue by having companies purchase the right to name subway stations. | Continue reading
Not only are residents of minority neighborhoods paying more of their income for energy bills, but federal government housing policies are a huge part of the reason why. | Continue reading
A startup called Firefly is putting sensor-equipped advertising screens on top of Uber and Lyft vehicles. | Continue reading
Tesla unveils a bulletproof electric vehicle that appears to be designed for a dangerous future. | Continue reading
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The e-scooter company is trying to encourage riders to don safety gear by offering free rides for those who take self-portraits. | Continue reading
A new study finds that changes ride-hail companies have made to prevent discrimination by drivers can prolong the time people of color wait for a ride. | Continue reading
Amid layoffs, the reeling co-working company is turning 1,000 employees into contractors as part of company-wide belt-tightening. | Continue reading
The home-rental company inked a massive deal to sponsor the Olympics until 2028—over fierce objections from the host city for the 2024 Games. | Continue reading
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Several years into a ten-year "Vision Zero" target, some cities that took on a radical safety challenge are seeing traffic fatalities go up. | Continue reading
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is proposing building 12 million new homes in the U.S. over 10 years, mostly as public housing. | Continue reading
A new competition from the L.A. mayor’s office invites designers to reimagine the rich history of civic illumination. | Continue reading
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A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape. | Continue reading
A startup called Firefly is putting sensor-equipped advertising screens on top of Uber and Lyft vehicles. | Continue reading
A new study uses AI to find that jobs done by highly skilled workers—those with college and advanced degrees—are most likely to be affected by AI. | Continue reading
Objections to your neighbor's solar panels, or the solar farm next door, can go beyond aesthetics. | Continue reading
A new study uses AI to find that jobs done by highly skilled workers—those with college and advanced degrees—are most likely to be affected by AI. | Continue reading
Talent seems to be shifting away from superstar cities to less expensive Sunbelt places, large and small, urban and rural. | Continue reading
People in different regions of the U.S. have measurably different psychological profiles. | Continue reading
The German capital is about to begin a groundbreaking rental law, but looming legal challenges and new revelations cast doubt on whether it’s possible at all. | Continue reading
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The needs of people with disabilities will need to be engineered into our AI-powered future. | Continue reading
Talent seems to be shifting away from superstar cities to less expensive Sunbelt places, large and small, urban and rural. | Continue reading
There's a reason why cracking down on fare evaders can trigger a powerful backlash from riders, says transit researcher Alexis Perotta. | Continue reading
Talent seems to be shifting away from superstar cities to less expensive Sunbelt places, large and small, urban and rural. | Continue reading
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Gentrification was steadily working its way across Washington D.C. And then it met go-go. | Continue reading
Drilling and fracking permits are up since Governor Newsom took office. But it’s not totally clear why. | Continue reading
The Netherlands is one of the most brightly lit countries in Europe, but some places are becoming darker as activists push to reduce artificial lighting. | Continue reading
Oceanographer Dawn Wright on how "Treasure Island" led her to map the bottom of the sea. | Continue reading
A long-term study of people in four cities finds that income volatility in one’s 20s and 30s correlates with negative brain effects in middle age. | Continue reading
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Facing declining birthrates and rural depopulation, hundreds of municipalities in Japan will soon vanish. But some towns are fighting back. | Continue reading
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The Green New Deal for Public Housing Act would commit up to $180 billion over a decade to upgrading 1.2 million federally owned homes. | Continue reading
The TIGER grant program once helped fund innovative multi-modal projects. Under Trump, it become just another rural highway-building machine. | Continue reading
Economist Timothy Bartik details the need for place-based policy to combat regional inequality and help distressed places—strategies outlined in his new book. | Continue reading
A short history of visual advertising in the city, from Pompeii to Paris to Las Vegas. | Continue reading
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Seasonal flooding reached the second-highest level ever recorded, leaving two dead and devastating damage. | Continue reading
Transit ridership is booming in the French capital. But severe crowding has authorities looking for fixes. | Continue reading