If Location Is an Asset, High Rent Is ‘Saving’ for the Future
Calling all rent rationalizers: A new paper shows how your pricey neighborhood is a financial asset like any other.
No One Looked at Los Angeles Like Jonathan Gold
The celebrated food critic, who died on Saturday, rejected the city’s clichés by wandering its streets like a culinary flâneur.
MapLab: The Map Is a Feedback Loop
A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape.
The Sensory City Philosopher
Architect, engineer, and inventor Carlo Ratti envisions a future for urban design that's interactive.
Uber Just Laid Off Its Pittsburgh Autonomous Car Drivers
The layoffs signal a dramatic scaling back of the company’s autonomous vehicle testing.
Lyft Is Reaching L.A. Neighborhoods Where Taxis Wouldn’t
With a rare look at trip data from the ride-hailing giant, a UCLA researcher finds promising equity results.
There's a Bus Driver Shortage. And No Wonder.
Why doesn't anyone want to drive the bus?
The High Cost of Saving Travel Time
Are commuters changing how they value their minutes? A new study of time/cost trade-offs between transit, Uber, and Lyft is a hint.
MapLab: The Voice of a Map Generation
A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape.
Nothing Is ‘Sexier’ Than Building a Highway Over the Everglades
Days before a key vote, Miami-Dade transit advocates are rallying against a proposed interstate expansion.
Ford’s Detroit Investments Are Bigger Than a Train Station
A 1.2 million square foot downtown campus expands the automaker’s physical stake in the transportation future.
The Craziest Thing About Elon Musk's 'Express Loop' Is the Price
The $1 billion construction estimate is a fraction of what subterranean transit projects cost.
Move to Wisconsin, Millennials! (Just Don't Forget Your Car.)
As the state spends millions to lure under-40 workers from across the Midwest, local transit riders are stuck in place.
New York City Will Cut Transit Fares for Low-Income Riders
It’s financial redistribution in a capital of income inequality.
You’re Thinking About Autonomous Vehicles Wrong
George Hotz, the hacker-turned-founder of an open-source self-driving startup, has a different philosophy of autonomy.
MapLab: Machines Are Transforming the Map
A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape.
More Routes = More Riders
Why is transit ridership dropping across North American cities? Blame declining bus service.
When is a Dedicated Bus Lane Not a Dedicated Bus Lane?
Pre-signals are a rare bird of traffic engineering, but they could save bus riders a lot of time.
Parking Is Sexy Now. Thank Donald Shoup.
In an interview, the guru of progressive parking policy reflects on his decades of research and writing, which transformed how cities look at the curb.
Behind the Uber Self-Driving Car Crash: a Failure to Communicate
The preliminary findings into a fatal crash in Tempe by the National Transportation Safety Board highlight the serious “handoff problem” in vehicle automation.