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June 27, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and cheaper housing
June 27, 2025
How To Lower Your Rent

Targeting cheaper housing, the rent policies of Austin, Texas and New York, New York have had different results.

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March 30, 2025
traffic congestion from SUVs
March 30, 2025
The Surprising Impact of the SUV

To reduce traffic congestion, one surprising cause can be added to inadequate mass transit and population sprawl.

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June 25, 2024
food delivery
June 25, 2024
The Downside of a Gig Worker Pay Boost

When a municipality wants to do good by boosting gig worker pay, it discovers there could be unintended consequences.

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May 26, 2024
walkable cities
May 26, 2024
Where to Find a Walkable City

Looking at 61 countries, researchers triangulated the world into the most walkable cities, and those with more public transport, and cars.

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November 2, 2021
significance of a skyscraper
November 2, 2021
The Best and Worst Cities For Working Women

By ranking 15 cities, Bloomberg Businessweek used five criteria to identify the best places for working women.

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December 6, 2020
traffic changes and empty subway transit trend
December 6, 2020
How the Pandemic Changed Six Kinds of Traffic

Looking at the six traffic changes that relate to the pandemic, we can see their current impact and wonder which ones will last.

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April 22, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and electricity use
April 22, 2020
When Pandemic Electricity Demand Is Like the Big Flush

Although pandemic lockdowns have reduced electricity demand, still, like the "big flush" after the Super Bowl, they need to retain peak capacity.

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December 24, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and red light and speed cameras
December 24, 2019
The Upside of Speeding Tickets

A city is getting a good return on its investment when speed cameras improve road safety and other services make residents' life better.

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February 15, 2019
speedy delivery
February 15, 2019
The Package That Amazon Returned

Now that Amazon's HQ2 will not be in Long Island City, New York, we can ask if the multi-billion dollar incentive package was worth the tradeoffs.

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July 22, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and free parking and parking meters
July 22, 2018
The Huge Impact of a Rather Irritating Invention

While the cost of free parking in New York City is rather huge, it can be offset by what was a seemingly insignificant and irritating innovation.

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February 20, 2014
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February 20, 2014
Law & Order and Jimmy Fallon

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