What City Observatory did this week 1. An affogato theory of transportation. The combination of gelato and espresso is a special treat, and it also neatly captures two of our favorite parables about how transportation really works. The ice cream…
Coffee and ice cream and jam (or traffic jams) Just once, we are going to sugar-coat our commentary. At City Observatory, we know that a lot of what we present is highly technical, especially when it comes to understanding the…
Our storefront index shows where there’s a density of destinations to enable walkability As Jane Jacobs so eloquently described it in The Death and Life of American Cities, much of the essence of urban living is reflected in the “sidewalk…
No: Eighty percent of today’s 8 to 23 year-olds won’t be buying houses in the next five years At City Observatory, we get a regular stream of press releases and media advisories about the results of surveys and other market…
What City Observatory did this week 1. If you want less displacement, build more housing. A common refrain at planning commission meetings around the country is that cities ought to block new housing as a way of insulating neighborhoods from…