United States

Neal Peirce discusses the 30-year history of LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation), which he points to as a true success story in the struggle to provide affordable housing.

April 13, 2011 - Citiwire.net

The City of Denton in Texas approved a traffic safety ordinance to assert the rights of the road for cyclists and other vulnerable road users.

April 13, 2011 - TheCityFix.com

New report out of Dartmouth College says America needs to build, to boost recovery and improve global competitiveness.

April 13, 2011 - Huffington Post

Luring business has long been a major strategy among cities to stay prosperous. This ranking lists the cities in America that are best at bringing in and harboring small businesses.

April 12, 2011 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal

CNN is reporting on the budget cuts for 2011, many of which will affect America's cities, infrastructure and vulnerable populations.

April 12, 2011 - CNNMoney

Recent figures from the 2010 U.S. Census highlighted the fact that many cities remain racially segregated. This commentary argues that this situation is unlikely to change.

April 12, 2011 - New American Media

With funding in question, the future of public libraries is uncertain. This slideshow explores how libraries function as a commons and public space in American cities.

April 12, 2011 - Places

This essay from Pop Matters explores the connection between street art and urbanism.

April 12, 2011 - Pop Matters

Regional business planning and cooperation at the metropolitan level is creating hubs of prosperity in the U.S.

April 12, 2011 - Brookings Institution

The gas tax should be viewed as that, a tax, and anything else is fundamentally wrong, writes Alex Marshall.

April 11, 2011 - Governing

Elly Blue at Grist makes the case that bicycle parking is an economically attractive alternative to additional parking spaces.

April 11, 2011 - Grist

Citing a new report by INRIX, Wendell Cox claims that lost time due to congestion in the United States is approximately one-third that of lost time in Europe.

April 11, 2011 - New Geography

CNU president John Norquist stars in this video from Streetfilms about the problem of inner-city highways and the steps some cities are taking to get rid of theirs.

April 11, 2011 - Streetfilms

Markus Berensson writes about the increasing need for regional governance that can make decisions, and the consequences to a region without that governing body.

April 11, 2011 - City Mayors

Parking guru Donald Shoup writes for the Cato Institute, a libertarian think-tank, explaining why free markets and free parking go together.

April 10, 2011 - Cato Institute

Vinayak Bharne proposes that density is often achieved using blunt enforcement of crude tools like "floor-space index", when density can be much more subtly accomplished than just shooting up a tower.

April 10, 2011 - The Urban Vision

Richard Florida writes that population growth and wealth do not go hand in hand -- wealth comes from improvements in productivity. In fact, some of the areas with the biggest leaps in population are suffering real declines in wealth.

April 10, 2011 - Creative Class

Transit agencies brace for reduced ridership but will keep running -- for a little while, at least.

April 10, 2011 - Streetsblog Capitol Hill

This review of data on bicycling shows shifts in who is biking in America, and how often. A key shift: whites aren't the only ones on two wheels.

April 10, 2011 - Grist

Officials in Washington tend to agree that infrastructure problems are in dire need of attention. But amid turbulent economic times, will those problems get that attention?

April 9, 2011 - National Journal