Mothers and Low-Wage Workers Suffer the Most From Long Commutes
Lessons from a new report on the work weeks of America's 30 largest cities.
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We Need to Start Thinking About Transportation Like We Do Food or Housing
As poverty rises in American suburbs, all those people still need to get to work in the city.
In Big City, New Ideas Aren’t as Promiscuous as They Used to Be
Ideas can have just as much sex in the suburbs as in the city.
To Cool Cities, Build Them Tall and Shiny
A jungle of reflective skyscrapers will usually be better off than a low-lying district of similarly shaped townhouses.
The Pseudoscience of Jane Jacobs and Innovation Districts
Where we find innovation, we find industry clusters. That doesn't mean the two are causally linked.
The Death of Urbanization in the United States
We continue to confuse population change with net domestic migration. Over the last 20 years, the U.S. has become increasingly rural even as many of its cities have grown.
Density Boondoggles: Innovation Districts
Migration, not greater density, drives technological change.
Does Innovation Always Lead to Gentrification?
A new study makes the development of innovation districts sound like a win-win for all parties involved. But a look at some existing districts, like Boston’s Cambridge or Brooklyn’s Dumbo, makes it clear that there are downsides too.
Not So Much ‘New York Poor’ as ‘Pittsburgh Rich’
What will happen when young talent starts refusing to subsidize the creative industries that aren't really profitable in America's most expensive cities?
Myths of Population Decline and Fiscal Stress in American Cities
Day two at the "Reinventing Older Communities: Bridging Growth & Opportunity" conference in Philadelphia.