Tagged ‘Wall Street Journal’
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Judge Halts NYC Soda Ban
A state judge today halted the implementation of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s famed “soda ban,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Whither the Driverless Car?
Autonomous cars could benefit the elderly, ease commuter hardships and even, paradoxically, reduce dependence on cars. Alternately, they could simply enhance the preferences of both urban and suburban dwellers.
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URBAN NATION: Defending the American Community Survey
Claiming that the American Community Survey invades people’s privacy, the House of Representatives voted last month to eliminate it. If congressional Republicans succeeded in abolishing the ACS’s vital data collection, cities would be rendered incapable of allocating resources in a number of crucial ways.
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City or Suburb?
Joel Kotkin may not think so, but there’s more to cities than high-rise condos.
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The National Future of (Pseudo) Local News
A media scholar explains why the local news sites of national publications like the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal might be far less threatening to city newspapers than national news organizations’ forays into local sports coverage.
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When Cities Are Too Generous
In his column, Metronomics, Andrew Thompson wonders whether tax abatements are an effective prescription for long-term urban health.
