A few years ago, I explored what Arlington County (Virginia) was telling me was a bona fide bike boulevard. I mean, it had to be: all the street signs in the area used the words “BIKE BOULEVARD” in white and green underneath the traditional street name. Fine and good for the small set of advocates
If you had asked me five years ago, I would have never guessed that these ugly rusty boxes would prove such fruitful blog material. But here I am again, after diving in to these news racks twice back in 2022 (and needing a tetanus booster as a result). Vending machines for news media used to
The predictability of a post-1950s subdivision in most of suburban America almost renders it impervious to analysis. After all, there’s nothing exotic about a middle-class home with 3-4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and a two-car garage. Most Americans encounter such houses on a daily basis, if they don’t already live in one. And the prevalence of
It’s impossible to deny a sad truth for anyone who has used transit regularly in the last few years: the shameful act of turnstile jumping has reached epidemic levels in most cities where turnstiles serve as a primary means of fare collection. And this includes almost any American city with light- or heavy-rail transit. I
Vacation and resort towns exist—and thrive—usually in response to a market demand to visit, to experience, and (to some extent at least) to linger in a specific location. Whether a beach, a mountain, a landmark, an insanely agreeable climate, or some other locus of beauty or distinction, the resort town owes its prosperity to its
A few years ago, I explored what Arlington County (Virginia) was telling me was a bona fide bike boulevard. I mean, it had to be: all the street signs in the area used
If you had asked me five years ago, I would have never guessed that these ugly rusty boxes would prove such fruitful blog material. But here I am again, after diving in to
The predictability of a post-1950s subdivision in most of suburban America almost renders it impervious to analysis. After all, there’s nothing exotic about a middle-class home with 3-4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and a
It’s impossible to deny a sad truth for anyone who has used transit regularly in the last few years: the shameful act of turnstile jumping has reached epidemic levels in most cities where
Vacation and resort towns exist—and thrive—usually in response to a market demand to visit, to experience, and (to some extent at least) to linger in a specific location. Whether a beach, a mountain,