Cities

No vacant property is an island: Geographies of vacancy in Louisville...

The last several years of local politics in Louisville have seen a dramatic increase in the attention paid to the West End. From the...

Rural areas trail urban ones in health, education, and living standards,...

A study by Measure of America called Geographies of Opportunity ranks how residents of the nation's 436 congressional districts fare in health, access to...

Honolulu installs a protected bike lane. Then sees massive drop in...

A few months after Honolulu's first protected bike lane opened, it's the latest to demonstrate a very consistent trend across the country: almost every...

Protected bike lanes and the social justice of urban space

  It’s one of the most famous images in modern urban planning: three simple photos showing how much city space 80 people take up when...

From parking spaces to bike lanes: How cities across the country...

A curbside parking spot is just 182 square feet of urban space. But for advocates of better American bike infrastructure, few obstacles loom larger. Right...

To be seen by a city: Biking toward an ethos of...

I am a high school geography teacher. I work with students at a private school in Louisville, Kentucky. I experience something like a city...

Join Louisville’s Innovation Delivery Team and help study the city’s most...

Louisville is one of five cities that has teamed up with Bloomberg Philanthropies to tackle complex urban challenges. Now in the program's second phase, help...

Louisville ranks well among mid-size cities with Energy Star–rated buildings

Energy Star, a joint program of the EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy, has released its 2015 rankings for cities with Energy Star–rated...

Watch former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis talk urban design, elevated highways

Take a look at this interview with Michael Dukakis talking about the built environment of cities. Among is most poignant remarks is explaining how...