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Will U.S. Cities Design Their Way Out of the Affordable Housing Crisis?
“Missing middle” architecture could ease rents — and allow more Americans to build real estate wealth.
DailyAutomakers Must Address Americans’ Deadly Addiction to SUVs
Op-ed: It is time that we bring an end to this tragic trend and hold the automobile manufacturers accountable for putting larger and more lethal vehicles on our streets.
DailyL.A. Opens Up More With New Data Tool
Better access for the public and city agencies.
FeaturesThe Next Threat for Coastal Cities Is Flood Insurance Reform
As Congress considers changes to the National Flood Insurance Program, cities on the water say rising premiums present an existential threat.
DailyThe Pitch: A One-Stop Mobile Information Shop for Transit Services
A study conducted by Latitude asked regular drivers in Boston and San Francisco to go car-free for one full week. The results point to many opportunities for mobile information to reduce dependence on driving by improving the experience of taking more sustainable transit.
FeaturesThe Obama Man Turning Around Chicago’s South Side Isn’t Rahm Emanuel
You’ve probably never heard of Derek Douglas but in Chicago, he is redefining how the city’s most powerful university engages with the communities around it.
FeaturesNext City’s Most Popular Stories of 2023
We’ve collected our top reporting and analysis from this year on the solutions that liberate cities.
DailyWith Donations as Small as $20, Land Trust Makes $9.4M Affordable Housing Buy in S.F.
They used zero public dollars to preserve a building and create wealth for tenants — and the deal could offer a financing model for community land trusts across the country.
FeaturesSmall-Town America Is Facing Big-City Problems
From Portland, Maine, to Traverse City, Michigan, many smaller U.S. cities are struggling with densification, NIMBY politics and housing affordability.
FeaturesThe Unlikely Ascent of Palestine’s Green Architects
*Amid a stalled peace progress and an increasingly hopeless political atmosphere, a growing number of young Palestinians are betting that they can design their way into a better future. In Ramallah, the de-facto Palestinian capital, young designers are making furniture out of trash in hopes of reducing landfill waste while…
FeaturesCan This Prison Museum Tell the Full Story of Mass Incarceration?
Organizers imagine New York’s Sing Sing Prison Museum as a space that amplifies the voices of incarcerated people, family members, volunteers and prison staff.
DailyChicago Joins Vision Zero Ranks
Releases plan to eliminate traffic deaths by 2026.
FeaturesPreserving a City Where 80 Percent of the Past Has Been Erased
Beirut, the “Paris of the East,” is done hiding its battle scars.
FeaturesThe Urban Inheritance Trump Stands to Squander
Barack Obama spent eight years building a bridge between the feds and U.S. cities. What will the president-elect do with that trust?
DailyMinneapolis Voted to Defund the Police. Now, Activists Want Cops Out of Transportation
Activists want Minneapolis to be the first Vision Zero city that doesn’t rely on enforcement to get there.
DailyThe Real Reason Why Bicycles are the Key to Better Cities
The most vital element for the future of our cities is that the bicycle is an instrument of experiential understanding. It is a thrilling tool of communication, an experiential device for the beauty and the ills of the urban context.
DailyThe Weekly Wrap: New York City Only Has 400 Legal Short-Term Rentals
Also: Lawsuits are targeting programs for entrepreneurs of color.
DailyAutomakers Say They’re Ready to Pull the Plug on Fossil Fuel
And a Washington State legislator proposes taxing bike and transit riders to pay for road repairs and more in this week’s The Mobile City.
Features‘You Can’t Evict Community Power’
The connection between food justice and eviction defense in Oakland.