How food carts illustrate the importance of dynamic change in cities. There’s a tension in the city between the permanent (or seemingly permanent) and the fleeting, between the immutability of the built environment and the
Portland’s food cart pod is dead, long live Portland’s food cart pods! Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week Copenhagen’s success: More than just bike lanes. Copenhagen is one of the world’s great cycling cities, and its accomplishments are a a beacon to those looking to build more
The Week Observed, August 16, 2019 Read Post »
Correctly pricing car use and promoting dense urban development are keys to promoting cycling The Los Angeles Times has a gushy article–“Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level,“–extolling the virtues of cycling
Copenhagen: More than bike lanes Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week How helping families move to better neighborhoods reduces segregation and promotes opportunity. The work of the Opportunity Insights project, led by Harvard’s Raj Chetty, has shown convincingly that where
The Week Observed, August 9, 2019 Read Post »
For many families, the way out of poverty is to move to a better neighborhood A new study shows modest investments in information combined with supportive services can help them make that move. We need
Get Out!: Moving to a new neighborhood to escape poverty Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. CityLab: Everything you think you know about gentrification is wrong. We take a look at a recent CityLab article reporting (faithfully) the findings of some recent research on
The Week Observed, August 2, 2019 Read Post »
