The highway department’s claims it doesn’t have enough for maintenance are a long-running con You’ve all seen the classic street con three-card monte. All you have to do to double your money is follow one of three cards that the…
Invoking concerns about equity to block providing more street space for people is destructive A cautionary tale from Chicago, with some keen insight from Greg Shill. Let’s begin by stipulating one thing: There’s much about American cities, and our transportation…
What City Observatory this week Our updated analysis of the prevalence of Covid-19 in US metro areas. It continues to be the case that the pandemic is most severe in the Northeast Corridor. The New York Metro area is the…
Updated April 29 with data through April 28. In geographic terms, the Corona Virus has become the Northeast Corridor Virus: NE Corridor metros account for 6 of the 8 hardest hit large metros, and have 6 of the 8 highest…
What City Observatory this week 1. What the Covid-19 Shutdown teaches us about freeways. Everyone knows that speeds are up on urban roadways around the nation because of the stay-at-home orders to fight the pandemic. But there’s a hidden lesson…