Dedicated Bus Lanes, Without the Extra Lane

Pre-signals could save bus riders a lot of time.  | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Parking Policy Is Hot, Thanks to Donald Shoup

A conversation with Donald Shoup, the UCLA planning professor who made parking policy hot. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

The Whitening of Chicago

A wealthier, whiter Chicago doesn't do anyone any good. A new report offers a roadmap to inclusive growth. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

When New Delhi’s Informal Settlements Make Way For Something ‘Smarter’

It only takes one visit to the basti at Kidwai Nagar to understand why its residents want to be relocated. But life on the outside may still not be much better. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

A High-Tech City Shows Its Human Side

We're in Seoul to see the human side of a gadget-savvy society. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

CityLab Daily: The Cleaner, Quieter Future of Food Trucks

Also: Behind the Uber self-driving car crash, and what surfers understand about gentrification. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Behind the Uber Self-Driving Car Crash: a Failure to Communicate

Preliminary findings from a federal investigation point to a fatal series of decisions. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

What Surfers Understand About Gentrification

In San Francisco, the battles between natives and newcomers have reached the sea. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

New York City Will Consider a Ban on Plastic Straws

A City Council member has introduced a bill to ban plastic straws, calling the city’s dependence on plastic “a trend we have to reverse immediately.” | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Are ‘Pee Beds’ the Answer to Public Urination?

"Pee beds" could go a long way to clean up popular sites of public urination. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

In Seoul, Sadness and Skepticism After Trump Cancels North Korea Summit

Many residents of the South Korean capital are hoping that U.S. diplomacy will continue.    | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

The Dirty, Noisy Power Behind Those Street-Fair Tacos

Summer in the city means food-truck rallies, outdoor concerts, and street fairs. It also means the loud and polluting generators that power them. But alternatives are on the horizon. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Mapping America’s Aging Population

Over the past 50 years, Americans have steadily gotten older, more bicoastal, and less likely to move to a new city. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Where the Prison Population Is Rising

Overall, the prison population is decreasing, but in some states, it’s higher than ever. A new report looks at trends state by state. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

How Centuries of Protest Shaped New York City

A new book traces how rioting and rebellion have shaped New York City since the era of Dutch colonization to the present. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Why Do Politicians Waste So Much Money on Corporate Incentives?

Why are politicians willing to throw so much money at companies like Amazon and Intel? Because they can claim later that they put their best offer on the table, says Nathan Jensen, co-author of 'Incentives to Pander.' | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

CityLab Daily: America’s Fastest Growing Cities

Also: Parking spaces for women, and London’s big push for better design. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Madrid Takes Its Car Ban to the Next Level

Starting in November, the city will make clear that downtown streets are not for drivers. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Who Decides the Future of Former Japanese Internment Sites?

The plan to build a fence around a small airport that sits atop part of a former Japanese incarceration camp, has sparked debate about preservation and respect in Northern California. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

What’s Up With Seoul’s Pink Parking Spaces For Women?

In Seoul, there are more than 4,000 spots reserved for female motorists. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

MapLab: The Watchdog of Gerrymandering

A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

As Michigan’s Municipal Water Crisis Drags on, its Bottled Water Industry Booms

Nestlé pays the state a pittance in exchange for its water at a time when public awareness of water issues is rising. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

An Artist’s Serious Devotion to the Subway

Philip Ashforth Coppola's drawings of the mosaics, ceilings, staircases, and plaques of New York City’s subway stations can now be found in a new book. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Mapping the Segregation of Metro Atlanta’s Amenities

A new mapping project shows how segregation is a matter of whether you have close access to a grocery store, hospital, bank, or park—amenities that influence your quality of life. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

London’s Big Push for Better Design

The city's Public Practice program is embedding experienced architects and planners around the area in an effort to speed housing construction and get more inclusive public spaces. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

CityLab Daily: So Much for the Urban-Rural Divide?

Also: Who owns LOVE? And reverse migration might turn Georgia blue. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Rural and Urban America Have More in Common Than You Think

A new Pew Research Center survey examines attitudes and issues across the American landscape. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Who Owns LOVE?

Its value owes almost entirely to the fact that it’s a public artwork, its status maintained at considerable expense by Philadelphia and other cities and museums where editions of the sculpture exist. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

The "Barefoot Doctors" Serving America's Cities

Since it took root in the U.S. during the Gold Rush, Chinese medicine has served marginalized communities, from immigrants to Black Panthers to sex workers. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

CityLab Daily: Keep an Eye on This

Also: Revisiting the new urban crisis, and the amazing psychology of Japanese train stations. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Revisiting the New Urban Crisis

The shift toward a more inclusive urbanism has begun. But it will require time, commitment from city institutions, and political agency at the local level.  | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

The Behavioral Tricks That Make Japanese Trains Run

The nation’s remarkable rail system succeeds because of some subtle behavioral tricks. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

The Amazing Psychology of Japanese Train Stations

The nation’s remarkable rail system succeeds because of some subtle behavioral tricks. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

The Ancient Forests That Have Defied Urbanization

In cities around the U.S., old-growth forests bring unique ecological benefits and let us experience ancient landscapes. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Mapping Chicago's Subway in the Style of Frank Lloyd Wright

Great for finding your way to the architect’s many Windy City projects. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Federal Law Leaves Marijuana in a No-Fly Zone

Because of federal regulations, passengers flying from one weed-legal destination to another with their personal stash may still be breaking the law. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

CityLab Daily: The Wild World of Scooter Sharing

Also: The cities Americans move to—and from—for work, and what is loitering, really? | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

What Will It Take to De-Segregate Chicago?

A wealthier, whiter Chicago doesn't do anyone any good. A new report offers a roadmap to inclusive growth. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

A Healthcare Giant Enters the Battle for Cheaper Housing

Kaiser Permanente is making a $200 million investment aimed at building low-cost housing in eight states, plus D.C.    | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Mapping Palestine Before Israel

A new open-source project uses British historical maps to reveal the villages and features of land that became Israel in 1948. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

What Is Loitering, Really?

America’s laws again lingering have roots in Medieval and Elizabethan England. Since 1342, the goal has always been to keep anyone “out of place” away. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 5 years ago

Navigator: Loneliness, Revisited

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@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Where Americans Move to Find Jobs

Strangely, Silicon Valley lands on both lists. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Wyatt Cenac Is Here to Solve Your Policing Problems

In his new HBO series “Problem Areas,” comedian-actor Wyatt Cenac takes a crack at solving police racism.  | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

The Malcolm X Murals of America

Thirty years ago, his likeness could be found in many poor, minority communities. Today, these images are disappearing as the buildings they were painted on have either collapsed or have been demolished. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Where Americans Are Moving for Work

Strangely, Silicon Valley lands on both lists. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

CityLab Daily: Don't Get Too Excited About Bike to Work Day

Also: The jobs getting priced out of superstar cities, and America’s fastest-growing metro region has a water problem. | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago

Is Washington Big Enough for Two Tech Giants?

What would happen to the D.C. metro area if both tech giants set up shop? | Continue reading


@citylab.com | 6 years ago