density
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Study: How Ambiguous Definition of ‘Major Transit Stop’ Creates Wiggle Room for Municipalities
This is a story of how well-intentioned efforts by the state to tie new development to transit hinge on how local governments (with their own incentives) interpret broad state law.
March 19, 2026
Form-Based Codes Mean More Sustainable Cities
New research shows that prioritizing building "form" over their use leads to more sustainable cities.
July 8, 2025
Study: We Can Build Our Way out of Climate Change
Cities can dramatically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by rezoning single-family housing areas for denser, mixed-use developments.
September 27, 2024
Talking Headways: America’s Big Problem is a Lack of Density
Let's face it, most of what we do in the United States is just a Band-Aid for a lack of density. We can do better.
August 8, 2024
‘Urban Doom Loop’? This Planner Says Cities Ain’t Dead Yet
“For both the nation’s leading metros and for the country as a whole, the stakes of getting this right are enormous.”
June 27, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: Megaregions and Our Future
Why are megaregions so important for the future of our society and the planet?
June 16, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Treating Social Media Like a City
This week, Sahar Massachi of the Integrity Institute talks about his MIT Technology Review piece, “How to Save Our Social Media by Treating it Like a City.” Who knew that managing social media’s bad actors is like dealing with urban problems such as black-box highway modeling, speed management, and city building?
February 10, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Why a City Is Not a Computer
This week we’re joined by Shannon Mattern, professor of anthropology at the New School for Social Research, who talks with us about her new book, "A City is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences." We discuss the ideas of smartness versus wisdom, maintenance as a way of absorbing information, and the city as a processing machine.
January 13, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: Not Just Wires, Pipes, and Roads
This week, we’re talking about the importance a systems approach in interconnected topics like transportation, education, and health care (yes, they're interconnected!).
December 16, 2021
Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us
Why EV’s are false prophets in the fight for a better world.
June 18, 2021
