New research tests AI's predictive capabilities in London. | Continue reading
A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape. | Continue reading
Also: Where fast-growing companies want to be, and what older people can learn from parkour. | Continue reading
In a controversial paper, researchers explore the notion of letting wealthy neighborhoods pay others to accept the low-income housing they don’t want. | Continue reading
The lamps that once lit London's streets have come to symbolize a certain time and place in British history. | Continue reading
Even if the Boring Company's not-a-subway cost $50 million, it would still be a fraction of what comparable projects cost. | Continue reading
It's not all about extreme jumping. It can also help people learn to avoid injury. | Continue reading
Three members of the ‘60s collective talk to author Darran Anderson about postmodernism, metabolism, their values, and watching the world catch up to them. | Continue reading
Zaha Hadid Architects will design two of the six stations on the forthcoming Fornebu line. | Continue reading
A new study finds that high-growth firms gravitate to neighborhoods that are denser, more mixed-use, and more transit-accessible, whether they’re in the city or the suburbs. | Continue reading
Also: France’s gas tax protests should be a warning for California, and New York takes aim at sexual harassment in nightlife. | Continue reading
New York City has one of the lowest rates of home turnover in the country. | Continue reading
While USPS workers deliver Christmas gifts, Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers’ Union, is busy fending off demands to privatize the mail. | Continue reading
New York City has one of the lowest rates of home turnover in the country. | Continue reading
Policies that reduce climate emissions at the expense of the economically disadvantaged are unsustainable. | Continue reading
A lesson in Christmastime neighborliness from South Louisiana. | Continue reading
A new Pew Research Center study finds rural Americans face longer travel times to hospitals and feel they have lower quality healthcare than urban residents. | Continue reading
Also: The city where kids are little “revolutionaries,” and why Apple bet on Austin’s suburbs. | Continue reading
In the city of Tirana, an ambitious mayor is selling a wary constituency on new ideas by putting children at the forefront of his agenda. | Continue reading
“I wanted to portray the United States like an organism that’s alive and that took a long time to grow.” | Continue reading
Flo and Topper—the pet Weimaraners of artist William Wegman—grace the walls of the redesigned 23rd Street (M and F lines) station as part of the MTA's Enhanced Station Initiative. | Continue reading
Apple has followed a tech expansion playbook that may just exacerbate economic inequality—both in the country, and the area. | Continue reading
Congestion pricing is gaining ground in New York City and Los Angeles. That could help turn around Uber and Lyft's losses. | Continue reading
Also: Why is it legal for landlords to refuse Section 8 renters? And the case for teaching architecture in school. | Continue reading
As U.S. cities hire nightlife officials, we talked to people on the job about what they really do—and why you shouldn’t call them “night mayors” at all. | Continue reading
For people living in Toronto and Vancouver, an apartment in Quebec's biggest city seems like a steal. But established residents have become noticeably preoccupied with gentrification. | Continue reading
We asked you to grade America’s cities on two critical, unrelated metrics: Mexican food and public transportation. Here’s what we learned. | Continue reading
Racism alone doesn't fully explain why landlords tend to reject tenants based on whether they are receiving federal housing aid. | Continue reading
A new study finds that as the rich move back to superstar cities' urban cores to gain access to unique amenities they drive low-income people out. | Continue reading
An Oslo consortium made up of architects, engineers, environmentalists, and designers is creating buildings that go beyond "zero-energy" in a country with some of the coldest and darkest winters on Earth. | Continue reading
Also: New York City’s self-induced transportation crisis, and the “Dutch reach” comes to driver’s ed. | Continue reading
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament, but her Brexit deal is still doomed. That raises the stakes on the remaining options. | Continue reading
Amtrak’s 30th Street Station was slated to lose its iconic clickity-clacking display. But Philadelphians had other ideas. | Continue reading
Starting in January, traffic safety organizations will teach motorists how to better avoid hitting passing bicyclists with car doors. | Continue reading
A Hong Kong architect has taught urban design and planning to thousands of children over the past 15 years. He argues it’s good for them—and their communities. | Continue reading
By failing to properly plan for subways, buses, e-bikes, and ride-hailing, the city is dooming itself. | Continue reading
A new tool by the Urban Institute maps the geography of car loan debt and delinquency. | Continue reading
Also: Fire trucks are too big, and the tree that ruined your city’s Christmas. | Continue reading
Note to mayors: Don't screw up the tree. | Continue reading
In an exhibit at New York's Center for Architecture, curator Nora Leung—who worked with Rudolph—sheds light on three projects he designed for Hong Kong during a period of change. | Continue reading
When flooding occurs in a small town or only a small part of a city, it doesn’t register like a big disaster does. | Continue reading
A new study makes a case for shrinking America's too-big fire trucks. | Continue reading
Advocates are skeptical of Uber's new promise to increase its accessible vehicle fleet. | Continue reading
Also today: How corporate tax incentives rob school budgets, and how cities design themselves. | Continue reading
A new Good Jobs First study shows that corporate tax incentives—like those given for Amazon HQ2—have diverted almost $2 billion from public schools. | Continue reading
"Every time urban planners do something, they should ask: Who is going to pay?" | Continue reading
Calling on federal government to regulate economic incentives is a cop-out. It’s time for America’s big cities and mayors to stand up to companies like Amazon. | Continue reading