Cities could get more people walking, biking, and riding transit, according to a new report, if they just know where to look for improvement. | Continue reading
A survey of L.A.'s Measure M supporters finds important lessons for other cities trying to rally transit support. | Continue reading
Also: The verdict’s still out on battery-electric buses, and a better way to find out why transit fails. | Continue reading
Witness the rise of the late Rob Ford and his brother Doug, in Toronto. | Continue reading
A new report emphasizes that cities could easily improve their share of residents walking, biking, and riding public transportation, without investing in new systems. | Continue reading
As cities experiment with battery-powered electric buses, some are finding they struggle in inclement weather or on hills, or that they don’t have enough range. | Continue reading
While other attractions feel cursed by Instagram hoards, the United States Lighthouse Society is embracing social media. | Continue reading
The mayors are watching the clock. | Continue reading
This might be the most realistic video-game version of the city in existence. | Continue reading
As cities experiment with battery-powered electric buses, some are finding they struggle in inclement weather or on hills, or that they don’t have enough range. | Continue reading
The legal decision minutes before he retired affirmed cities' rights. | Continue reading
Just like Confederate monuments, President Trump’s vision of a massive wall along the Mexican border is really about propaganda and racial oppression. | Continue reading
Also: The ‘Childless City’ is mostly a myth, and the shutdown could delay key tax refunds. | Continue reading
After the Great Migration, black residents in the Northside neighborhood duplicated businesses that excluded African Americans, creating a thriving environment. | Continue reading
For decades, Vegas night clubs have paid taxi drivers to bring in new customers. Now ride-sharing drivers find that a good hustle can pay off. | Continue reading
"Fall Off the Wagon Day" is expected February 9. | Continue reading
Outside of a few neighborhoods in a few cities, urban childlessness is more of a myth than a reality. | Continue reading
The city of 800,000 has a glut of residences, but it's feeling the pressure to maintain its low land-use ratio. | Continue reading
Millions of low-income households file for the Earned Income Tax Credit every February. Too bad most IRS workers are furloughed. | Continue reading
Also: Could “human composting” mean better death? And what Copenhagen wants from its man-made islands. | Continue reading
The Danish capital is expanding its land mass and creating climate resiliency. But is it sustainable? | Continue reading
A new study suggests the air is much worse than at street level. | Continue reading
Over a period of seven months, a vast temporary facility built to hold migrant children emerged in the Texas border town of Tornillo. And then, it was gone. | Continue reading
The Indian Health Service administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior is just one of many affected agencies. | Continue reading
Recompose, a Seattle company, envisions a future where human remains are broken down into compost inside comforting facilities full of natural light and plants. | Continue reading
Under 10 percent of new Citi Bike and Divvy bike docks are sited where residents suggested using interactive online maps, a new study shows. But that doesn't mean city officials weren't listening. | Continue reading
Recompose, a Seattle company, envisions a future where human remains are broken down into compost inside comforting facilities full of natural light and plants. | Continue reading
Also: Seattle braces for traffic doom, and hard lessons from Baltimore’s bus redesign. | Continue reading
The city has closed its elevated highway, the Alaskan Way Viaduct, in advance of an ambitious waterfront redevelopment. But first, drivers will experience some traffic pain. | Continue reading
Back in June 2017, this transit-hungry city got a new bus system. Why aren't riders happy? | Continue reading
At CES 2019, carmakers showed off vehicles with perfume-puffing headrests, augmented-reality video displays, and all manner of in-car entertainment. | Continue reading
A new study finds that people who watch body camera footage attribute less blame to police officers involved in incidents than if those same officers were caught on dash cams. | Continue reading
Gavin Newsom wants to hold cities accountable for producing housing by threatening transportation funds. | Continue reading
Gavin Newsom wants to hold cities accountable for producing housing by threatening transportation funds. | Continue reading
Also: Making opportunity zones work in Chicago, and the language debate inside Japan's convenience stores. | Continue reading
Demands: smaller classes, more resources, charter restrictions, better pay. | Continue reading
A new study finds that Detroit residents who rejected "free trees" knew the benefits of the urban tree canopy, but distrusted the city's motives and process. | Continue reading
At the big annual technology exhibition, the promise of autonomous vehicles takes center stage. | Continue reading
Throughout Japan, service industry workers and cashiers are trained to use the elaborate honorific speech known as "manual keigo." But change is coming. | Continue reading
Forcing residents to clear snowy sidewalks doesn't account for the elderly and disabled people who can't. Besides, it just doesn't work. | Continue reading
It's up to local authorities to tailor this new tax incentive program to the needs of individual neighborhoods. | Continue reading
Without adequate federal laws, states and cities are filling in the gap to protect data privacy. | Continue reading
Gym and fitness-studio chains tend to specialize in either urban or suburban areas, but overall, they skew toward affluent neighborhoods with lots of college graduates and renters. | Continue reading
Also: NYC’s “health care for all,” explained. And where low-income renters face eviction thanks to the shutdown. | Continue reading
The rise of the shared e-scooters in cities has also brought safety fears and injury-related lawsuits. What happens when a new mobility mode meets the American legal system? | Continue reading
Poster Girls, the London Transport Museum exhibit, recalls a London where female artists were quietly shaping the way the city saw itself, its pleasures, and its future. | Continue reading
With National Park Service employees furloughed, cleaning up “helped me feel like I was doing as much as I could,” said one volunteer. | Continue reading