Going faster doesn’t mean your city gets anywhere more quickly, and it doesn’t make you happier One of the key metrics guiding transportation policy is speed:Â how quickly can you get from point A to
The hamster wheel school of transportation policy Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Now we are 3. This week marks City Observatory’s third birthday. It’s been an exciting time to be engaged with cities. We take a few minutes to review
The Week Observed, October 20, 2017 Read Post »
The high price of affordable housing It’s a problem that isn’t going away:Â the so-called “affordable” housing we’re building in many cities–by which we mean publicly subsidized housing that’s dedicated to low and moderate income
Why is “affordable” housing so expensive to build? Read Post »
Three years ago–on October 15th, 2014–we launched City Observatory, a data-driven voice on what makes for successful cities.  Since then, we’ve weighed in daily on a whole series of issues set in and around urban spaces.
Now we are three! Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. The constancy of change in neighborhood populations. The canonical story of gentrification focuses on the fact that many of the people living in a neighborhood today are not
The Week Observed, October 13, 2017 Read Post »
Block that metaphor! There’s nothing “natural” about “naturally occurring affordable housing.” There’s a new term that’s gaining currency in some housing policy circles: “naturally occurring affordable housing.”  It even has a catchy acronym: “NOAH.” There’s
The myth of naturally occurring affordable housing Read Post »
