A suburban campus with 10,000 parking spaces and virtually no transit isn’t walkable A recent news item caught our eye:Â The Fort Worth Star Telegram reported that American Airlines was putting a premium on promoting
Why suburban office campuses aren’t really walkable Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. There will be two HQ2, just as we predicted. Back in January, we took a close look at the Amazon HQ2 location contest. We said that the decision
The Week Observed, November 9, 2018 Read Post »
Road pricing is inherently fairer to the poor because it speeds up buses As economists, we’re keen on the idea of road pricing. The reason we have congestion and delay is because we charge a
Why road pricing is inherently equitable: Faster buses Read Post »
It’s election day, everyone. If you haven’t voted, please do so. In honor of the election, today we’re please to reprise one of Daniel Kay Hertz’s essays on urban politics. Daniel has just released his
Homevoters v. the growth machine Read Post »
As City Observatory predicted in January, Amazon will select multiple locations for HQ2 The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Amazon’s much ballyhooed headquarters contest will choose not one winner, but two. Amazon.com Inc. plans
2HQ2? Amazon doubles down, just as we predicted Read Post »
One of the places where socioeconomic mixing is highest Despite deep concerns that America is increasingly divided along racial, ethnic and economic lines, there are some neighborhoods that have a diverse array of residents from
Detroit’s Corktown: Portrait of a diverse neighborhood Read Post »
