Humor

The news satire show "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" gave comic treatment to the country's ever-present, much-neglected infrastructure crisis. It's hilarious and scary. At the same time!

March 6, 2015 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

A community user of Buzzfeed has clearly had it up to here with the daily frustrations of using transit on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

February 27, 2015 - BuzzFeed

It's too bad there isn't a map that can lead us to the place where all the fact-checkers have gone.

February 20, 2015 - Vox

Cities vie for all sorts of distinctions: greenest; friendliest; wealthiest; most innovative. Portland, Maine, is just tickled to bits about topping the "Top-10 Coziest Cities in America." Added bonus: it beat out its regional arch-rival Boston.

February 13, 2015 - Boston.com

Movoto has produced a pair of rankings: "The 10 Nerdiest Cities in America" and "The 10 Nerdiest Small Cities in America." According to the lists, there must be something in the water in Georgia.

February 6, 2015 - Movoto Blog

And an update from Codes Study about the 600 places that really are upping their game with form-based codes.

January 27, 2015 - PlaceShakers

A Saturday Night Live skit satirizes the change that has come to Bushwick, Brooklyn.

January 23, 2015 - Salon

The Onion is back with its unique brand of hard-hitting satire on the conditions of American life. This time the joke is on Americans celebrating low prices at the pump.

January 16, 2015 - The Onion

Kriston Capps shares the creative work of a couple of arm-chair architecture critics who took to Photoshop to express their opinions about the Snøhetta-designed tower proposed for One Van Ness in San Francisco.

January 9, 2015 - CityLab

A deeper look at the traffic data on Planetizen reveals trends from the planning and urban design conversation of 2014.

December 31, 2014 - James Brasuell

In the realm of supply chains and distribution logistics, Santa’s the guy. So you’d presumably be safe in assuming that the planning and design of his village at the North Pole would reflect a similar insistence on best practices. But is it so?

December 25, 2014 - PlaceShakers

"Seattle is in the midst of a full-spectrum transportation fustercluck," writes David Roberts for Grist.

December 23, 2014 - Grist

Critics Alexandra Lange and Mark Lamster hand out their annual awards for architecture and design. Snark is on the menu, but the awards still provide a nice recap of the biggest design news from around the country (and some from around the world).

December 12, 2014 - Design Observer

Some people just can't find beauty any where in the world—even while visiting the world's most iconic buildings.

November 28, 2014 - Citymetric

A cartoon by Streetsblog blogger John Greenfield imagines a fictitious rap battle in the style of the popular YouTube channel, "Epic Rap Battles from History"—except the rap battle is between two luminaries of the bike advocacy movement.

November 21, 2014 - John Greenfield

You've probably heard the proclamation "The Next Brooklyn" more than once, from the New York Times of all things.

November 7, 2014 - The Atlantic

The fourth edition of our comprehensive list of amazing Halloween costumes for urban planners.

October 30, 2014 - Maayan Dembo

Some cities have a reputation for rats, but all cities have them. Where does your major metropolitan center rank among the rattiest cities?

October 23, 2014 - Urbanful

Metro Los Angeles produced a retro-style music video to raise awareness about transit app options in Los Angeles. Miami Vice wardrobes and Atari-grade graphics contribute to the cause.

October 17, 2014 - Metro Los Angeles

The satirical news site The Onion is back with another take on the concerns of planners and transportation engineers. This time The Onion takes a page out of Donald's Shoup playbook.

October 10, 2014 - The Onion