What We're Reading

What We’re Reading: Jane Jacobs, Arena Implosion, And A Shadow Run

Increase social welfare: Why public housing needs to be part of the solution for affordable housing. Face the book: Facebook is hungry for further expansion...

What We’re Reading: Food Lot, It’s Got Seoul, and End of an Era

Food lot: A pilot program for food trucks in the Sea-Tac Airport cellphone lot has launched. Highly concentrated: Venture capital remains highly concentrated in just...

What We’re Reading: Staying Home, KC Is Third, and Lowered Displacement

Staying home: The New York Times looks at where Americans didn't stay home as the novel coronavirus spread ($). Pandemic lessons: Cities that took the...

What We’re Reading: Better Worker Rights

Workers' rights: A new initiative could bring new statewide minimum wage and sick leave benefits to all workers. Going to be unreal: Tom over at Seattle...

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: 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...

What We’re Reading: Crystal Ball, The Portland Model, And Trumped Up

New digs: Amazon has agreed to a lease agreement in the Denny Triangle for a new 21-story tower by Trammell Crow. Crystal ball: Crosscut says...

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...