transit – The Urbanist Dispatch

Confirmed: Sprawl and Bad Transit Increase Unemployment

Angie Schmitt

November 3, 2014

Since the 1960s and the earliest days of job sprawl, the theory of “spatial mismatch” — that low-income communities experience higher unemployment because they are isolated from employment centers – has shaped ...

Barcelona. Photo by Mehmet Aktugan on Flickr.

Building the city of the future through smart, connected urban transport

Gordon Feller

October 4, 2014

Transportation

The concept of smart, connected transport is a hot topic among city leaders looking to ride the wave of innovation to more sustainable, prosperous cities. Despite this, building a truly smart and interconnected...

The Quiet Progress of a Detroit-Windsor Passenger Ferry

Chris Matus

July 28, 2014

Transportation

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In June 2011 the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority (DWCPA) celebrated the opening of its new $22 million terminal and public dock along the Detroit River. The facility promised to be a destination for Great L...

Warner Center, Los Angeles. Photo by stephenchiang on Flickr.

Los Angeles Needs to Stay Competitive. Here’s how they’re doing it.

John Cruz

January 24, 2014

Economic Development

The sprawling Los Angeles area is the pinnacle example of the post-war housing boom and expansion. Flush with cash from the Golden Age of Hollywood, shiny new cars from Detroit, and a healthy surplus of some of...

Cincinnati’s Streetcar Project looks to be the first casualty of the 2013 Municipal elections

John Cruz

November 7, 2013

News, Transportation

On Tuesday, municipal elections across the United States brought fourth a lot of change to the way urban policy will be shaped in the coming years. While we await to see how the policies of many new big-city ma...

Observation Deck, NYC. Image by m68q on Flickr

Work and Play: How Cities Stack up

John Cruz

October 17, 2013

Infographics

This infographic from NPR shows how cities look head to head in terms of work and play, looking at the number of bars, the quality of public transit, density, tousism, and other interesting indicators. ...

Transit Oriented Economic Development for Rust Belt American Cities

John Cruz

August 13, 2012

Economic Development, Featured

The final work of my graduate program at Wayne State was a masters essay on TO(E)D for Rust Belt cities, since this has been the reason why updates have been so sparse as of late, I felt that it was only fair t...

5 Takeaways from “Defend Your Ride”

John Cruz

February 10, 2012

Community and Neighborhoods, Culture, Featured, The Burbs

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Towards the end of last year I had the opportunity to produce a blog feature for CBS Detroit called Defend Your Ride (which is why there was a bit of a lull in posting for a while). The segment is being done in...

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