City Government

City management models offer different benefits and drawbacks.

December 13, 2022 - Governing

A new conservative administration says it wants to do away with the ban on cars in the city center.

June 24, 2019 - CityLab

The Eugene City Council enacted a 'trial dog ban' in downtown to protect public safety after complaints of aggressive dogs.

March 13, 2017 - The Register-Guard

Austin Office of Sustainability upgrades transparency with a new online resource.

October 17, 2016 - Next City

In the spirit of civic self-congratulation, Austin resident Richard Parker writes about how the transportation network company giants canceled service after losing a referendum vote. He ascribes this victory to the city's enduring contrarian streak.

May 25, 2016 - The New York Times

Alan Mallach unpacks a remarkable project currently underway in Toronto, suggesting that sometimes higher, rather than lower, density may be the best way to go.

April 3, 2016 - Shelterforce/Rooflines

Containing more than 500 open datasets, GeoHub lets users access the wealth of data Los Angeles makes available. The tool is also intended to help employees from different city departments work together.

March 10, 2016 - Next City

SoHo, a Manhattan neighborhood full of luxury apartments and a median income of $111,000/year, must accept a new facility that includes a garage for sanitation trucks. Why, and how will it test the city's commitment to infrastructure design?

January 14, 2016 - Shelterforce/Rooflines

Bruce Katz has an idea: "A year out from next year’s presidential election, let’s dispel the pervasive myth that the federal government runs the country."

November 5, 2015 - Brookings

This week, voters in Philadelphia will decide on a ballot measure that could realign city government to create a new Department of Planning and Development.

November 2, 2015 - PlanPhilly

A new report by Deloitte looks at the way government could be re-structured by 2020 due to influences of business and technology.

November 30, 2014 - Fast Co.Exist

LA Councilmember Paul Krekorian discusses reducing the city's budget deficit, the impacts his decisions will have on core services and civil servants, and the tolls that come with taking on a budget crisis during a period of fiscal austerity.

June 3, 2012 - The Planning Report

Researchers found in their analysis of 300 California municipalities that the cities that had slow growth or anti-growth policies were less impacted by the housing crisis, writes Mark Bergen for Forbes.

September 21, 2011 - Forbes

Andres Power, an urban designer for the San Francisco Planning Department, is the driving force behind the city's now-popular Pavement to Park program. Streetsblog's Bryan Goebel sat down to talk with him about the process.

May 11, 2011 - Streetsblog

Steven Johnson examines how officials in New York and other cities can leverage information collected from public call centers to build better cities.

November 5, 2010 - Wired

Joel Kotkin describes the plight of a Los Angeles economy that has lost "one-fifth of all its employment since 2004." Once a hopeful generator of new jobs and technology, the area has suffered the most of all the Sunbelt metros.

June 16, 2010 - New Geography

As cities get serious about addressing climate change, a new city position -- the sustainability director -- is taking office all over the country.

April 1, 2008 - Governing