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Urban Policy
Robotaxis can transform cities by improving mobile efficiency, equity, and safety — if cities adopt policies that prioritize the public good.
Decades before COVID imposed remote work on the world, Jack Nilles pioneered WFH and championed its many benefits.
At the foundation of America’s progress movement are immigrants who still believe this country can build.
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“This is a world in which we've essentially given ourselves the tools to stop the construction of the most important product in American lives in the places where Americans often most want to move.”
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"I'd prefer to think about a different axis, which is, should government be more or less effective? Should government work faster or slower?"
Can you travel by rail from Portugal all the way to Singapore? In theory, yes. In practice? Not so much.
The history of catastrophe shows that true resilience comes not from restoration, but from reinvention.
The nation-state had a good run, but its usefulness may have come to an end.
A new railway will switch the Baltic region's train gauge from Soviet to standard European — a megaproject with political, economic, and military dimensions.
You could call this rectangle covering parts of Iran, Iraq, and the Arabian Peninsula the “Oven Window.”
19 rooms. 1,636 square feet. 1,800 years of history.
Architect and brand innovator Kevin Ervin Kelley sounds the alarm for workplace culture — and argues for a “big bang” collision of forms and shapes.
In 1924, sociologist and social reformer Caroline Bartlett Crane designed an award-winning tiny home in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Walking is rarer in the U.S. compared to similar nations. It is also deadlier: Nearly 7,500 pedestrians were killed in 2021.
As a physician, John Pringle helped reinvent hygiene; as a husband, he destroyed a woman’s life with his abuse.
Parking lots are about one-fifth of all land in U.S. city centers, making them "easy to get to, but not worth arriving at."
Quelle horreur! Paris isn't just a 15-minute city; it's a five-minute city.
The typical car is parked 95% of the time.
How to separate the reality from the conspiracy theory.
Was it the enormous magnitude of the quake, or is the problem with the buildings?
While cities drive national economic growth, their political geography means they cannot effectively deal with inequality, poverty, and other socioeconomic problems.
Airports are like mini-cities: they have places of worship, policing, hotels, fine dining, shopping, and mass transit.
Flashy desalination technology is more costly and cumbersome than many other solutions.
Really simple interventions can greatly reduce indoor temperatures during the summer, particularly in places like the Pacific Northwest.
Can Detroit get its comeback right?
The last time the population shrank was during the great famine of 1959-61.
An effect called the "urban heat island" means that temperatures are often 10 degrees higher in cities, according to NASA.
In 100 years, perhaps this map showing humanity clustering around the equator will seem “so 21st century.”
Singapore is a breeding ground of truly green buildings.
A large study concludes that people who grew up in rural areas are superior at navigation, likely because cities tend to be less complex.