Targeting cheaper housing, the rent policies of Austin, Texas and New York, New York have had different results.
To reduce traffic congestion, one surprising cause can be added to inadequate mass transit and population sprawl.
When a municipality wants to do good by boosting gig worker pay, it discovers there could be unintended consequences.
Looking at 61 countries, researchers triangulated the world into the most walkable cities, and those with more public transport, and cars.
By ranking 15 cities, Bloomberg Businessweek used five criteria to identify the best places for working women.
Looking at the six traffic changes that relate to the pandemic, we can see their current impact and wonder which ones will last.
Although pandemic lockdowns have reduced electricity demand, still, like the "big flush" after the Super Bowl, they need to retain peak capacity.
A city is getting a good return on its investment when speed cameras improve road safety and other services make residents' life better.
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.
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.











