What We're Reading

What We’re Reading: Fate of Madison BRT Quality Uncertain

Whittling away: Madison BRT could show the region what high quality BRT is capable of, or it could be the posterchild for "BRT creep". Zach...

What We’re Reading: 102 Stories (Not) Coming To Downtown Seattle

United metropole: Paris has finally unified dozens of suburbs and the city into one unitary body called “Métropole du Grand Paris”; the new body...

What We’re Reading: America’s Parking Crater, High and Mighty, and YIMBY Bill Is Dead

America’s parking crater: This year's winner of Streetsblog's "Parking Madness" competition is Lansing, Michigan. Recycling thermal garbage: Researchers from Concordia University are looking to create ways...

What We’re Reading: Draconian Trump Budget, HSR Now, and Transit Gaps

Stalling progress: Baltimore creates reasons not to implement its city center bike network. Draconian priorities: Despite the fact that food aid is working, the Trump...

What We’re Reading: Green New Deal, Not So Fast, and Transit Poachers

Green New Deal: The Green New Deal would dramatically overhaul America's transportation system if passed. Millennials are supporting the movement en mass. CA environmental justice:...

What We’re Reading: Build Housing, Reduced Fares, and H Mart!

Build housing: Previous contributor to The Urbanist Ron Davis says that the only way to solve homelessness is to build more homes. TOD WMATA: Washington,...

What We’re Reading: Lost Affordable Housing, Midtown Center, and Hostile Street Environment

Failure to asset: How Toronto turned an airport rail failure into a commuter asset. Lost affordabel housing: The Republican tax bill will lead to poor...

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...