If you’ve ever contemplated getting up at 3, 4, or 5 am only to brave large crowds to fight over scarce merchandise, well, think again. Instead of looking into census data this Thanksgiving, we thought we’d look at more “fun” data, specifically, Black Friday shopping habits– and whether or not they make sense. Recently, several […]
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Last month, we released our Young and Restless report, tracing the growth of well-educated young adults in in the nation’s largest metro areas. We found that across the nation, college-educated 25 to 34 year olds were much more likely than other metro area residents to choose to live in close-in urban neighborhoods. While the trend
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We just released our first CityReport looking at the “Young and Restless,” detailing where young talent is going in the U.S.- and why it matters. (Download the report here.) Here we show how the nation’s largest cities do with this important demographic. The Young and Restless–25 to 34 year-olds with a 4-year degree or higher–play
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A new report detailing the “costs” of congestion twists the data to become little more than talking points for the highway lobby. For transportation geeks, Halloween came early this year. A new report claims that traffic congestion is costing us $124 billion a year and is “draining” our economy. But just as those ghoul and
Boo! The annual Carmaggedon scare is upon us. Read More »
Talent drives city success: The biggest single factor explaining urban economic success is human capital.
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It’s frequently claimed that traffic congestion imposes high and rising costs on the economy. But is that true?
Questioning Congestion Costs Read More »
Density, land use patterns and the transportation system interact to determine how well cities fulfill their fundamental task of bringing people together.
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Generating new ideas and creating new businesses drives city economies and national economic growth.
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A key measure of economic success has to be whether we provide widely shared opportunities for economic advancement.
Economic Opportunity Read More »
The quality of life in cities is an essential ingredient and contributor to economic prosperity.
Placemaking & the Consumer City Read More »
