Uber’s lifting the veil–just a little–to provide data on urban transportation performance Uber’s new Movement tool provides valuable new source of data about travel times in urban environments. We’ve gotten an early look at Movement,
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Rising inequality in the US isn’t new; Declining inequality globally is. Scratch just beneath the surface of many daily problems, and you’ll find income inequality is a contributing factor, if not the chief culprit. Â Whether
Inequality in three charts: Piketty, the picket fence and Branko’s elephant Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Such a deal. Â Suppose someone offered you this investment deal: You can get $200,000 in preferred stock, that pays a 5% annual dividend tax free, and when it
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Portland is thinking about widening freeways; other cities show that doesn’t work Once upon a time, Portland held itself out as a national example of how to build cities that didn’t revolve (so much) around
How tax policy subsidizes homeownership, mostly for the wealthiest Americans OK. Â Imagine that someone offers you this investment deal. Â We want you to buy some stock; in fact, we want you to buy about $150,000
What City Observatory did this week 1. Hundred dollar bills on the municipal sidewalk? There’s a lot of interest in tapping the hidden value of municipal assets to address city financial problems. The typical city
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