A few months ago, Latitude Research (in collaboration with Next American City), asked regular drivers in Boston and San Francisco to go car-free for one week and to rely on other forms of transit instead. Participants shared their experiences and ideas for improvement, suggesting opportunities to redesign the experience of going car-free (e.g. not owning a car)... Read On 

In a feature posted by Jon Bruner, Forbes.com has published an amazing map showing every US county and containing migration data from 2008 for any pair of counties that the user selects. You begin by clicking on a location, and the map shows various shades of red (outmigration) and black (inward migration) lines for the county chosen... Read On 

Among the myriad insights from the new Census is another blow to Milwaukee. The metro region was once again rated the most segregated in the country, beating out notoriously divided metros like Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago and LA... Read On 

In 1970s Matta-Clark became the King Midas of Odd Lots. By buying a series of forgotten wastelands and interstitial strips between buildings, an additional value was implemented to those fake real-estates. Nobody had shown any interest in them before, allowing him to purchase any piece for 25 USD at public auctions... Read On 

President Obama unveiled his "Blueprint for Energy Security" today, including a plan to cut oil imports by 1/3 over the coming decade. To say that the President's plan is disappointing is an understatement... Read On 

Early results from Metro's trolleybus replacement study bear good news for retaining electric trolley technology. According to a news release issued yesterday, trolleybuses would have the least environmental impact and the greatest degree of cost-effectivness overall... Read On 

Fortworthology has a new series called 10 questions with FW mayoral candidates, where...uh, you get the point (which is a pretty good idea and I might try the same -- with very low expectations). I decided to respond to a statement of one who suggested, "the reality is Texans love their independence and their cars." Feel free to add the deepest ignorant redneck accent to that quote to the inner monologue as you read... Read On 

Travelers in China, Japan, France and several other countries can hop onto sleek bullet trains and race between cities at 150 to 220 miles per hour, zipping past clogged highways and bypassing airport hassles... Read On