Henry Grabar is the author of Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World. His book examines how parking shapes Americans’ lives through day-to-day interactions such as violence over a parking spot to its role in affordable housing development. Paved Paradi... More »
Hours before President Biden visited Pittsburgh in January 2022 to speak on infrastructure reform, one of the city’s major bridges collapsed—sending a bus and several cars down in the wreckage. The collapse injured at least ten people that morning, but Pittsbu... More »
Campaigns to introduce what activists call “fair fares” on mass transit systems have recently taken root in U.S. cities. The idea behind these initiatives is to introduce a pricing system that is less regressive in order to promote equity for low-income riders... More »
Technology for automated vehicles has developed rapidly over the past few years. The vehicles’ safety and convenience make them increasingly popular. At the same time, it has necessitated the introduction of new legislation to regulate an expanding market. On ... More »
Most countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) offer one form or another of tax breaks for commuting expenses. In countries like Germany and Denmark, the cost of commuting to and from one’s place of work is exempted from tax... More »
Initiatives that aim to address geographically concentrated poverty often focus on providing affordable housing. While such housing projects may increase quality of life for residents, they are unlikely to reduce the concentration of poverty in particular area... More »
A new study reviews the transportation preferences of senior citizens. More »
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed sits down to talk about being a pragmatic progressive and why that doesn’t have to be an oxymoron. More »
Welcome to this week’s Urban Affairs series on Innovation. More »
This week, Jim Howes sits down with Jacky Grimshaw to talk about urban sustainability in Chicago and around the world. More »
A new study finds that drivers respond to higher fuel prices by forming more carpools and finding substitute modes of transportation. More »
A new study explores the ups and downs of car sharing in a complex transportation market. More »