Election results from all three of Portland, Oregon's largest suburban counties indicate a reaction against what has been called "Portland Creep”—the expansion of the expansive light rail system wi
The United States Census Bureau has released a report, Patterns of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Population Change: 2000 to 2010, on metropolitan area growth between 2000 and 2010.
Over the toughest economic decade since the Great Depression, the nation's core cities continued to gain more than their share of the below-poverty-line population in the 51 metropolitan areas with
A new analysis from the United Kingdom concludes that smart growth (compact city) policies are not inherently preferable to other urban land use policy regimes, despite the proponents' claims.
My April 9 commentary in The Wall Street Journal (“California Declares War on Suburbia”) outlined California's determination to virtually outlaw new detached housing.
One of the most frequently recurring justifications for housing densification policies (smart growth, growth management, livability, etc.) lies with the assumption that automobile-based mobility di
Peer-Reviewed Study Finds CO2 Not Responsible for Recent Warming
Polar Sea Ice Exceeds the Long-Term Average
North Carolina Sixth Grader Refuses Common Core Tests
Massachusetts Granted a “Grace Period” for Obamacare Implementation
Don’t Ignore the Sebelius Scandal
Vast New Government Coding System: Did That Turtle Hit You or Bite You?