What We're Reading

What We’re Reading: Circuitous Train, Virtual Schooling, and Olympic Architecture

Circuitous train: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is getting his circuitous LaGuardia Airport train after all ($). Public space remade: Providence is rethinking how to...

What We’re Reading: Kenmore Urbanism, Federal Regression, and Disputable Fugures

Sky high: After delays, the world's tallest skyscraper in Jeddah is getting construction underway. Kenmore urbanism: Crosscut highlighted this week how urban life is taking...

What We’re Reading: Failure To Test, Greater Eastside Transit, and Economic Shock

Hunker down: Washington Governor Jay Inslee has issued a mandatory order that residents stay home to slow the spread of COVID-19. Meanwhile, local businesses...

What We’re Reading: Urban Sports

Watch out travel junkies: Venice is out to fine those two-wheeled bags from tourists because area residents are tired of hearing the rattling noise...

What We’re Reading: The Rent Is Too Damn High

New York Walker: A New York Times Magazine cover went viral highlighting a pasting of a walker in front of the Flatiron Building. Unworthy: Seattle Transit...

What We’re Reading: Chill On The Newbie Hate

Keep 'em out: An article in defense of newcomers to Seattle ($); they have a lot to offer, so chill it! Battery powered: Your future train...

What We’re Reading: The Stream, Ahead of Washington, and Texas HSR Greenlit

Progressive leadership: For the first time, Democrats have formed a majority on Philadelphia's regional transit agency. LRT in Kent: Light rail construction in Kent begins...

What We’re Reading: Keeping Sidewalks Open

Bay Area boondoggle: How the Bay Bridge went from $250 million to $6.5 billion. Sound familiar? New again and again: Over at ATL Urbanist, Darin writes...