What is urban?
Shape of the urban/suburban divide:Â Views differ There’s a lot of debate about the relative merits and performance of cities and suburbs. You’ll read that the migration to cities has come to a halt, that
May 2020
The Week Observed, May 15, 2020
What City Observatory did this week 1. City Beat: We push back on a New York Times story claiming that people are decamping New York City on account of pandemic fears. You can always find
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City Beat: No evidence that people are fleeing to the suburbs
Today’s misleading and incomplete take on cities:Â Â There isn’t any evidence that people are fleeing cities for the suburbs; plus it wouldn’t help them avoid the virus if they did. We’ve addressed the claim
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Oregon DOT: The master of three-card monte
The highway department’s claims it doesn’t have enough for maintenance are a long-running con You’ve all seen the classic street con three-card monte. All you have to do to double your money is follow one
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Don’t make “equity” the enemy of improving cities for people
Invoking concerns about equity to block providing more street space for people is destructive A cautionary tale from Chicago, with some keen insight from Greg Shill. Let’s begin by stipulating one thing:Â There’s much about
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The Week Observed, May 1, 2020
What City Observatory this week Our updated analysis of the prevalence of Covid-19 in US metro areas. It continues to be the case that the pandemic is most severe in the Northeast Corridor. The New
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