Stories Tagged as
Cities
Downtowns plan for a future with far fewer office workers
Dec 15, 2022
In New York City, daily office vacancy rates average about 50%. So it and other cities are trying to attract more visitors by converting office space to housing, improving public transit, and making their streets a destination.
Modern parking "meters" give cities the power to reduce congestion
Jun 28, 2022
Parking charges based on timing or vehicle type, for example, can encourage drivers to consider other forms of transit.
A UN report says making cities more population-dense can help cut carbon emissions
by
Amy Scott
and Sean McHenry
May 2, 2022
Cities were responsible for over half of the world's carbon emissions in recent years. They could turn that around in the decades to come.
Why are Black people leaving big cities?
by
Kimberly Adams
and Richard Cunningham
Dec 27, 2021
Kimberly Adams speaks to Politico's Brakkton Booker about a new ongoing series on Black flight from major cities.
What would a city "designed with care" look like?
by
Amy Scott
and Richard Cunningham
Nov 29, 2021
Writer Alexandra Lange says urban architecture and a “Department of Care” could make residents’ needs and culture a priority.
More workers are returning to offices, but downtown? Not so much.
Nov 16, 2021
The share of workers staying home due to worries about the coronavirus dropped last month to a pandemic low.
The pandemic poses challenges and new opportunities for city planning
Nov 27, 2020
New ways of urban living could emerge as the pandemic changes how people gather and move about cities.
For public good, not for profit.
"Every city in the world was designed and built by men"
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Andie Corban
Nov 5, 2020
Cities were designed to serve a world with different gender roles, where men went to work and women stayed home with children, says journalist Antonia Cundy.
Employers rethink cost of living calculations
Oct 12, 2020
As employees stay remote and can move anywhere to work, some companies are reconsidering the math that goes into compensation packages.
Rents are falling in some cities
by
Amy Scott
Aug 19, 2020
But the flight to the suburbs may be overblown.