New research by Yadi Wang and David Levinson at the University of Sydney (Australia) casts considerable doubt on the outcomes of major transit projects in the United States read more »
Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and political commentary about places
The Cost of Opportunity Cost Blindness to Riders and Taxpayers
- Login to post comments
Illinois: Skilled Moving In, Unskilled Moving Out — At a New Loss
Too often, people interpret population numbers at face value and make a determination of a place’s success or failure based on absolute numbers. read more »
Why the Right is Eating the Left's Lunch
The Western world is experiencing the most dramatic political realignment since the rise of socialism over a century ago. The driving force then was the rise of the working class, created by the Industrial Revolution. read more »
- Login to post comments
Pandemic Migration Patterns Continue
A net 338,000 people who resided in California on July 1, 2022 had left the state by July 1, 2023, according to population estimates released by the Census Bureau last week. read more »
Whatever Works
Sometimes a story takes a number of years to ripen. And sometimes two or three stories merge in unexpected ways. I just had a moment of convergence when new infill development, sub rosa adaptation, and wartime migration all collided. read more »
- Login to post comments
Federal Judge Sides With Osage Nation, Orders Removal Of 84 Wind Turbines
The Osage Nation won a massive ruling in Tulsa federal court on Wednesday that requires Enel to dismantle a 150-megawatt wind project it built in Osage County despite the tribe’s repeated objections. read more »
- Login to post comments
America is Unprepared to Fight a War on Three Fronts
In our short-attention-span world, we seem to only be able to comprehend one war at a time. But our moment has thrown up conflicts across the globe read more »
- Login to post comments
Silicon Valley Transit Plan
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and its predecessors serving San Jose and Silicon Valley have spent more than $7 billion (in today’s dollars) on rail transit. read more »
- Login to post comments
The Road to Autocracy
Ernst Nolte’s Three Faces of Fascism examined the three devastating ideologies that led to the undermining of European democracy in the 1930s. Today, democratic life is also under threat – and there are also three basic forms that this authoritarian threat takes. read more »
- Login to post comments
Michigan Dems Big Foot the Locals
When it comes to zoning and property rights in rural America, Big Wind and Big Solar can count on Democratic legislators to carry their water. read more »
- Login to post comments