Cities & Urbanism
Vox’s coverage of the places we live: urban, surburban, and everywhere in between — and how policies are transforming those spaces.
Donald Trump’s makeover of the nation’s capital, explained.
Donald Trump’s makeover of the nation’s capital, explained.
Driverless cars could save thousands of lives. They might also break our cities.
Ugliness has more to do with the housing crisis than you think.
New York City’s congestion pricing experiment, explained in one chart.
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Let’s fix the two massive efficiency sinks in American life.
More cities are finally choosing bikes over cars.
The major decline in city fires, explained in two charts.
A century ago, cars remade America. Autonomous vehicles could do it again.
Sprawl made suburbia affordable. Now it’s breaking it. Here’s what a new vision of the suburbs could look like.
The arc of congestion pricing is long but it bends toward acceptance.
Americans don’t have to look abroad for answers.
We can fix our staggering car fatality crisis. Start with these roads.
The 11 policies that could help the cities of the future.
Signing a new lease often comes with high upfront costs that some renters can’t afford. It doesn’t have to be this way.
We are living through an inflection point in America’s relationship with guns. There may be no going back.
How America’s ever-widening highways are built on a lie.
More refugees live in cities. Could cash help them rebuild their lives?
NYC’s very good plan to fix traffic fell victim to a very bad argument. And it’s not just New York.
The US shouldn’t give up on congestion pricing.
With pedestrian and traffic fatalities on the rise, how can the US make its roads safer?
Dangerous, polluting SUVs and pickups took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.
There’s no substitute for better service.
They’re great for the fast food industry — but not so great for us.
Reckless speeding is epidemic in the US. This simple technology could save tens of thousands of lives.
During the pandemic, distracted driving increased, and it hasn’t gone down since.
Congressional inaction has created a broken immigration system. But cities can do more for migrants, too.
Republicans blame Democrats for DC’s rising violent crime. The reality is much more complicated.
Detroit may put the land-value tax to the test
Why green cities might not be the panacea we think they are.
Salt Lake City could be a model for downtown development — if it figures out how to address its environmental problems.
The coastal city wants to build its way out of climate change. Is that smart?
One of the fastest-growing states in the nation is also one of the most complicated.
Cities aren’t going anywhere, but they do need to change.
How many fatalities will it take to get officials to take the problem seriously?
More people are going to offices more of the time. Offices are still in trouble.
Don’t let buses and subways become another casualty of the pandemic.
People living in tents has become one of the most urgent issues in American politics.
The billionaire dug himself into a hole with the Boring Company.
Large vehicles and unsafe streets are killing too many people, including 5-year-old Allison Hart. Now, her mother is fighting for safer streets.
Toxic landfills are emblems of environmental injustice across the US. Clean energy can remake them.
Here’s how to fix them — and what’s getting in the way.
How urban planning contributed to the great undoing of modern friendship.
Remote work, the arrival of home-owning millennials, and other forces can be an opportunity to remake them for the better.
How countries like India can have economic growth and cleaner air.