What We’re Reading: Security Theater, Empty Tax, and Demolition
Security theater: New York City's mayor wants to roll out security theater on the subway with metal detectors.
Streamlining affordable housing: Victoria has eliminated the...
What We’re Reading: ST3 Wins, Americana, And Inequitable Future
ST3 wins: See how the regional vote broke down in favor and against the measure.
LA mass transit: Los Angeles is also passing a major...
What We’re Reading: Skyscraper City Redux
Skyscraper city: An updated version of Seattle skyscraper projects in infographic form.
Extended death row: The Harvard Exit will last just a few more days; say...
What We’re Reading: Red Vienna, 2040, And Monthly Membership
People first: There's a risk that autonomous vehicles may force people to accommodate them instead of the other way around.
Prepping for BRT: Sound Transit...
What We’re Reading: Pandemic-Era Places, Slower Streets, and London ULEZ
Pandemic-era places: Atlanta is removing a pandemic-era experiment of a people-oriented Peachtree Street. Meanwhile, Portland is making a pedestrian street plaza permanent.
Obsolete sewers: Grist...
What We’re Reading: Upsizing, Elite Access Only, and Highway Revolt
Collaborative development: South Lake Union parking lots owned by Recovery Café, Cornish College of the Arts, and Bellwether Housing are being sold for redevelopment...
What We’re Reading: Death and Rebirth
Postmortem: The buses will beginning getting the axe in September, Metro has an organized service reduction plan to achieve the necessary cuts over a...
What We’re Reading: Regulate Cars, TOD Communities, and Overnight Trains
Regulate cars: New York may regulate vehicle speed and size in a big way. A federal legislator also wants to tackle car safety.
Foot traffic:...