What We're Reading

What We’re Reading: Sued for Gentrification, Measuring People, and Proportional Representation

Rails-to-trails: Philadelphia has opened the first phase of the city's elevated rail park, which could eventually rival the High Line. Sued for gentrification: Washington, D.C....

What We’re Reading: Big Jump, Racist-In-Chief, and Puck Planning

Doubling capacity: Amtrak wants to double the size of its concourse at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station by 2022. Early warning: Los Angeles has produced the...

What We’re Reading: Parking Craters, RAISE, and No Loos

Parking craters: America just celebrated Black Friday, so how well were the seas of parking used? Atlanta's segregationist enclave: A white enclave in Atlanta has...

What We’re Reading: Safe Systems, Buffer Zoning, and Fix It First

Safe Systems: The United States' transportation department has outlined a plan to combat traffic injuries and deaths ($). But what's missing from it? Inequitable transportation:...

What We’re Reading: Carbon Capping, Tall Timber, And Merging Together

Stranded: What happened when Salt Lake City moved an urban school to a suburban location. London choked: Despite excellent transportation options, London undeniably has the...

What We’re Reading: Affordable Housing Debate, Ferry Progress, and Westlake Tragedy

Inevitable?: Is transit ridership loss inevitable? Yonah Freemark does a U.S.–France comparison. Parisian architecture: Why are Parisians outraged by an addition to the famed Gare...

What We’re Reading: Cafe Streets, Still Struggling, and Naming Rights

Bus project scope creep: Despite bigger plans for bus priority on North Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, officials have thrown up their hands for...

What We’re Reading: Changing Scales

100 bucks: Where you'll get the most and least value out of your $100 in the US. Big projects: New residential tower going up near Amazon's...