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May Transit Ridership Down 81 Percent
The nation’s transit systems carried 81 percent fewer riders in May, 2020 than in May, 2019, according to data posted yesterday by the Federal Transit Administration. This drop is almost as great as...
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No, College Kids Aren't All Reckless or Selfish
There’s no denying that the new spike in COVID-19 cases we are seeing is driven by “younger Americans.” Some states are re-closing bars and restaurants, or pausing other reopening measures. Dr. Anthony...
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Perspective: U. S. COVID-19 Deaths and Urban Population Density
There is wide consensus that the COVID-19 virus spreads person-to-person, especially in confined spaces that are insufficiently ventilated. It is exacerbated by prolonged proximity, which John Brooks,...
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Is the California Dream Finished?
For all the persistent rhetoric from California’s leaders about this state being on the cutting edge of social and racial justice, the reality on the ground is far grimmer.Our new report on the state...
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Networks and Cities in a Post-COVID Era
Not long ago, Tom Delonge, one of the founders of the punk-rock band Blink 182 and founder/front man for the alternative band Angels and Airwaves, decided to put together an interesting public benefit...
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The Changes Coming to Australia's Residential Property Market 'After' the Virus
The COVID-19 virus has taken a hammer to many of the ideas we have about what is normal. It is obvious now that many things will never be the same.COVID-19 follows a period of significant change for...
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Bi-State Showdown in Kansas City
The Kansas City metro area is surely one of America’s most unusual. Among large metro areas spanning multiple states, it has the highest percentage of its population living in the state that does not...
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Combined Statistical Areas: Ready for the Dispersion Demand
The years to come seem likely to see America’s historic population dispersion continue or accelerate, as pandemic and lockdown worries have severely reduced the attractiveness of dense urban cores...
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Face Panties
Some years ago I was enjoying another visit to Japan when I noticed ordinary people wearing face masks. It wasn’t everyone. And it wasn’t all the time. But it was common enough that no one seemed to...
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Freeways: The Egalitarian Transportation
In the past month or so, we’ve seen the destruction or defacement of statues of Confederate generals, the Father of our Country who was also a slaveowner, the Great Emancipationist, the Great...
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Welcome to Marquette Park
So last month I saw an article in the New York Times about the resurfacing of a video documenting a racist attack on black children in Rosedale, Queens in New York City in 1975. A group of black kids...
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Social Bonds are Fraying Fast in America's Cities
The evening cheers in support of health care workers during the worst of New York’s coronavirus outbreak were a rare bright spot in a day full of depressing developments. And accounts of people...
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Elon Musk's Tesla Rocket
Wow, Elon Musk!That was the cathartic cheer and cry of relief in millions of American homes on May 30, after two months of forced confinement, when the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Capsule lifted...
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COVID-19: Improved Ventilation Required in Crowded Enclosures
The New York Times reported on July 4 that 239 scientists in 32 countries had signed an Open Letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) outlining “the evidence showing that smaller particles can...
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House Hunting with Temple Grandin
Many of you will be familiar with Temple Grandin. She’s the autistic woman who designs slaughterhouses from the cattle’s perspective. By organizing the process in a way that’s calming to the animals it...
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Joel Kotkin Q&A on 'The Coming of Neo-Feudalism'
Let’s start at the beginning, Joel. In talking about your new book, “The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class,” do you literally fear that liberal capitalism is losing out to...
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Does COVID-19 Spell the End of Big Cities? Munk Debates, with guests Joel...
Be it resolved, COVID-19 and its social and economic fall out spells the end of the big city boom.Listen to the debate at Munk Debates.About this episodeThe COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the...
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High Speed Rail: Yesterday's Tech Tomorrow
One of the candidates for president in this November’s election is known by the nickname, “Amtrak Joe.” The Democratic-controlled House wants to triple federal funding for intercity passenger trains. A...
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Restart, Reset, Retool, Refill
Considerations for downtowns, commercial corridors, and main streetsWe are at the end of the beginning. There are going to be closures, vacancies, and job losses across communities. How long and how...
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California's Woke Hypocrisy
No state wears its multicultural veneer more ostentatiously than California. The Golden State’s leaders believe that they lead a progressive paradise, ushering in what theorists Laura Tyson and Lenny...
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