The Urban Institute has released an updated set of estimates that purport to measure which US cities are the most inclusive. The report is conceptually flawed, and actually gets its conclusions backwards, classifying some of
The Urban Institute gets inclusion backwards, again Read Post »
What City Observatory this week 1. 2021 is when we have to get real about tackling climate change. We’ve boiled our analysis of the climate challenge down to four key points: Pledges alone won’t accomplish
The Week Observed, January 8, 2021 Read Post »
by Garlynn Woodsong Editor’s note:City Observatory is pleased to publish this commentary by Garlynn Woodsong. Garlynn is the Managing Director of the planning consultancy Woodsong Associates, and has more than 20 years of experience in
A regional green new deal for Portland Read Post »
By all means, Portland should adopt its proposed healthy climate fee, a $25 ton carbon tax But make sure it applies to the biggest and fastest growing sources of greenhouse gases in the region The
Portland carbon tax should apply to all big polluters Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Want lower rents? Build more housing! A new study from Germany provides more evidence that the fundamentals of economics are alive and well in the housing market. The
The Week Observed, December 18, 2020 Read Post »
The Transportation Research Board, nominally an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, is engaged in technocratic climate arson with its call for further highway expansion and more car travel. The planet is in imminent
Highway to Hell: Climate denial at the TRB Read Post »
