Pre-signals could save bus riders a lot of time. | Continue reading
A conversation with Donald Shoup, the UCLA planning professor who made parking policy hot. | Continue reading
A wealthier, whiter Chicago doesn't do anyone any good. A new report offers a roadmap to inclusive growth. | Continue reading
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
We're in Seoul to see the human side of a gadget-savvy society. | Continue reading
Also: Behind the Uber self-driving car crash, and what surfers understand about gentrification. | Continue reading
Preliminary findings from a federal investigation point to a fatal series of decisions. | Continue reading
In San Francisco, the battles between natives and newcomers have reached the sea. | Continue reading
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
"Pee beds" could go a long way to clean up popular sites of public urination. | Continue reading
Many residents of the South Korean capital are hoping that U.S. diplomacy will continue. | Continue reading
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
Over the past 50 years, Americans have steadily gotten older, more bicoastal, and less likely to move to a new city. | Continue reading
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
A new book traces how rioting and rebellion have shaped New York City since the era of Dutch colonization to the present. | Continue reading
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
Also: Parking spaces for women, and London’s big push for better design. | Continue reading
Starting in November, the city will make clear that downtown streets are not for drivers. | Continue reading
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
In Seoul, there are more than 4,000 spots reserved for female motorists. | Continue reading
A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape. | Continue reading
Nestlé pays the state a pittance in exchange for its water at a time when public awareness of water issues is rising. | Continue reading
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
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
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
Also: Who owns LOVE? And reverse migration might turn Georgia blue. | Continue reading
A new Pew Research Center survey examines attitudes and issues across the American landscape. | Continue reading
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
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
Also: Revisiting the new urban crisis, and the amazing psychology of Japanese train stations. | Continue reading
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
The nation’s remarkable rail system succeeds because of some subtle behavioral tricks. | Continue reading
The nation’s remarkable rail system succeeds because of some subtle behavioral tricks. | Continue reading
In cities around the U.S., old-growth forests bring unique ecological benefits and let us experience ancient landscapes. | Continue reading
Great for finding your way to the architect’s many Windy City projects. | Continue reading
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
Also: The cities Americans move to—and from—for work, and what is loitering, really? | Continue reading
A wealthier, whiter Chicago doesn't do anyone any good. A new report offers a roadmap to inclusive growth. | Continue reading
Kaiser Permanente is making a $200 million investment aimed at building low-cost housing in eight states, plus D.C. | Continue reading
A new open-source project uses British historical maps to reveal the villages and features of land that became Israel in 1948. | Continue reading
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
Strangely, Silicon Valley lands on both lists. | Continue reading
In his new HBO series “Problem Areas,” comedian-actor Wyatt Cenac takes a crack at solving police racism. | Continue reading
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
Strangely, Silicon Valley lands on both lists. | Continue reading
Also: The jobs getting priced out of superstar cities, and America’s fastest-growing metro region has a water problem. | Continue reading
What would happen to the D.C. metro area if both tech giants set up shop? | Continue reading