Seattle and San Jose had the first outbreaks of Covid-19 but now have the slowest rates of growth of any large US metro area Their progress seems closely related to the fact that they’ve cut
Who’s flattening the curve? Evidence from Seattle & San Jose Read Post »
How well are “stay at home” and “shelter in place” policies working in different metro areas? “Big data” from smartphones gives us a picture of how we’re dialing back on travel in response to “stay-at-home”
Staying at home: Estimates for large metro areas Read Post »
A new report from the DC Policy Center shows the inner-workings of the shadow rental market that is a key to housing affordability Too often, our debates about housing policy are shaped by inaccurate pictures
Anatomy of a rental marketplace Read Post »
What City Observatory this week 1. Counting Covid- Cases in US Metro Areas. We’ve been updating our metro area tabulations of the number of reported Covid-19 cases on a daily basis. You can find our
The Week Observed, April 3, 2020 Read Post »
What City Observatory this week 1. The Geography of Covid-19. A week ago, we issued a call to get much more granular with our statistical analysis of the pandemic’s spread. In just the past few
The Week Observed, March 27, 2020 Read Post »
What maps and charts can–and can’t–tell us about the spread of the pandemic National dashboards now have county data We need to shift our focus to changes in rates of growth at smaller geographies South
Understanding the geography of Covid-19 Read Post »
