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Chicago Takes a Census Shellacking
The Census results are out for Illinois, and it's bad news for the city of Chicago, whose population plunged by over 200,000 people to 2,695,598, its lowest population since before 1920. This fell far...
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The Evolving Urban Form: Seoul
Based upon the preliminary results of the South Korea 2010 census, Seoul has become the world's third largest metropolitan area. The jurisdictions making out the metropolitan area, the provincial level...
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Obama’s High-Speed Rail Obsession
Perhaps nothing so illustrates President Obama’s occasional disconnect with reality than his fervent advocacy of high-speed rail. Amid mounting pressure for budget cuts that affect existing programs,...
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Britain's Housing Crisis: Causes and Solutions
British house construction has remained at a low level for a decade. Total new house and flat completions for all tenures last year were 113,670 for England, 17,470 for Scotland, and 6,170 for Wales....
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Dallas Charges Up for the Electric Chevy
If they build it, will we come? Planners, utilities, auto industry execs, and retailers are hopeful that we will, as they get themselves ready for electric vehicles in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex....
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The Still Elusive "Return to the City"
Metropolitan area results are beginning to trickle in from the 2010 census. They reveal that, at least for the major metropolitan areas so far, there is little evidence to support the often repeated...
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Census 2010: Urbanizing Indiana
The first Census results for Indiana were recently released, painting a picture of an increasingly metropolitan state. Indianapolis continues to be the growth champion as its strong economy attracted...
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The Millennial Mosaic
Esperanza Spalding, winner of the best new artist award at this year’s Grammys, personifies the ethnic trends reshaping America. She is a fresh-faced 27-year old jazz bassist whose very name portrays...
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Census 2010: A Texas Perspective
If you want to get a glimpse of the future of the U.S., check out Fort Worth, TX. Never mind the cowboy boots, but you might want to practice your Spanish. Texas is growing explosively and much of that...
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What The Census Tells Us About America’s Future
With the release of results for over 20 states, the 2010 Census has provided some strong indicators as to the real evolution of the country’s demography. In short, they reveal that Americans are...
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The State of Silicon Valley
Every year, the top officials, policy wonks, and business managers convene at the annual State of the Valley conference to discuss and debate the health of the region. Over a thousand attendees trekked...
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Sputnik Moments, Spending Cuts, and (Remember These?) Jobs
The stand-off in Washington over spending reductions has pushed aside serious discussion about a far more pressing issue: job creation. Granted, the country is long overdue for action on spending...
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Can Common Sense, and maybe Mickey, Save Orlando’s Transit Mess?
The week’s debate about high-speed rail has once again polarized our populace, inflamed irrationality, and sent everyone back to their familiar corners. Little constructive debate is possible when...
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The Evolving Urban Form: The Valley of Mexico
The last 60 years of urban growth in the Mexico City area should dispel any belief that suburban dispersion is principally an American phenomenon or even limited to the high income world. Over the last...
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Is Nashville the Next Boomtown of the New South?
I traveled to Nashville for the first time in 2007, spending most of my time in the downtown area. I posted my impressions here, noting the high growth and high ambition level as well as the fantastic...
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From the Great Moderation to the Great Stagnation
For much of the past decade, I was a proponent of the thesis that that the American economy had entered a “great moderation,” where expansions lasted longer and recessions were fewer, shorter and...
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High Speed Rail: The Dream Scheme Scenario
Ever since Jay Gould, Leland Stanford, and Cornelius Vanderbilt acquired their first legislatures, railroads have been best understood as political networks, rather than as transportation lines. The...
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What India Hands to the World
Yoga. Mantras. Bollywood. Henna tattoos. Once unique to India, each of these has now become commonplace in households across the globe. As a first generation East Indian American, I've had an...
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The Protean Future Of American Cities
The ongoing Census reveals the continuing evolution of America’s cities from small urban cores to dispersed, multi-polar regions that includes the city’s surrounding areas and suburbs. This is not...
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New Jersey: Still Suburbanizing
The state of New Jersey virtually defines suburbanization in the United States. New Jersey is not home to the core of any major metropolitan area but, major portions of the nation's largest...
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