The 15-minute city proposed to shorten commutes and increase convenience. Why has it proven so divisive?

Why encouraging more private development won’t solve the housing crisis

Western car culture, while promising the opposite, deprives us of our most precious commodity: time.

From Rio de Janeiro to Kanazawa, cities all over the globe are being recognized as biodiversity hot spots—and reimagining conservation in the twenty-first century.

Disease changes urban life. But humans have to decide what shape that change takes.

Navigating U.S. cities with small humans in tow can be a nightmare. The Build Back Better and infrastructure bills offer some funding to change that.

In the pandemic, reports of rat sightings have risen dramatically. But is it all in our heads?

The crime-reporting app has big plans: live broadcasts, for-hire private security details, and a growing user base of freaked-out customers. It’s building a paranoid, profitable future.

A bill in the works would turn over large tracts of Nevada to tech companies, allowing them to build—and run—their own towns.

We need to change our behavior rapidly to avert climate catastrophe. But we can also make life easier for everyone.

The Republican critique of misrule in American cities has some merit, and it’s not clear that Joe Biden’s party is prepared to meet the need.

Offices of emergency management across the country are a patchwork quilt of cash-strapped departments.

A new era of heat waves is here. We aren’t ready.

On Pittsburgh, the canonization of Mario Lemieux, and stories white progressives like to tell

Wider sidewalks and no-car zones are the new hot commodity. They could even help businesses reopen.

For decades, the city used strict zoning laws to target the poor and people of color. Today, liberal NIMBYs are fighting to preserve them.

Republican statehouses have passed a raft of preemption bills to prevent cities from raising the minimum wage, strengthening gun control, and more.

Warmer weather is fueling a rodent surge, straining public health systems and the economy. It's time for the federal government to step in.

The sudden arrival of millions of people has spurred architects to develop innovative approaches to affordable housing.