Category: Sunday Reading

Every week we read more than we can write about on the blog. To avoid letting good commentary and research fall by the wayside, we’re going to publish weekly excerpts from what we’ve been reading. Bernard Hickey, “Opinion: A city unmoored“, Hive News: …the Government and the Auckland Council have to consider more aggressive measures on both sides of the ledger, including supply and demand.…

Every week we read more than we can write about on the blog. To avoid letting good commentary and research fall by the wayside, we’re going to publish weekly excerpts from what we’ve been reading. Emily Badger and Christopher Ingraham, “Mapped: How hard it is to get across US cities using only bike lanes“, Wonkblog: Bike commuting throughout the city is often like this: cobbled together out of a bit of bike lane here, an unprotected shoulder there, a scrap of sharrow and some silent pleas that cars won’t run you over.…

Every week we read more than we can write about on the blog. To avoid letting good commentary and research fall by the wayside, we’re going to publish weekly excerpts from what we’ve been reading. This week is a bit more eclectic than usual… Lewis Lehe, “Gridlock vs.…

Every week we read more than we can write about on the blog. To avoid letting good commentary and research fall by the wayside, we’re going to publish weekly excerpts from what we’ve been reading. Joel Leider, “House price-to-rent ratios in major US markets: a data visualization case study“: My wife and I are buying (and selling) a house, and the metric I always return to is price-to-rent ratio.…

Every week we read more than we can write about on the blog. To avoid letting good commentary and research fall by the wayside, we’re going to publish weekly excerpts from what we’ve been reading. From the London Review of Books, by John Lanchester: The Robots Are Coming.…

Every week we read more than we can write about on the blog. To avoid letting good commentary and research fall by the wayside, we’re going to publish weekly excerpts from what we’ve been reading. Tanvi Misra, “Young people are pulling jobs back to city centres“, Citylab: Talented young people are moving to urban centers, raising the skill level of the labor force and attracting the attention of businesses.…

Every week we read more than we can write about on the blog. To avoid letting good commentary and research fall by the wayside, we’re going to publish weekly excerpts from what we’ve been reading. Cycling in Christchurch, “Show me the money – the economics of cycleways“: Even if the costs have blown out to ~$160 million, a quick calculation shows that the Benefit/Cost Ratio of the total cycleway programme in Christchurch is conservatively at 7:1 – a pretty good business case in most people’s eyes.…

Every week we read more than we can write about on the blog. To avoid letting good commentary and research fall by the wayside, we’re going to publish weekly excerpts from what we’ve been reading. Deborah Snoonian Glenn, “Want your city to thrive?…

Every week we read more than we can write about on the blog. To avoid letting good commentary and research fall by the wayside, we’re going to publish weekly excerpts from what we’ve been reading. Jennifer Kent, “Higher-density living can make us healthier, but not on its own“, The Conversation: There are potential health benefits associated with higher-density living, but these benefits depend on several other variables.…