Urban Demographics

In a brilliant artistic performance , Simon Weckert generated virtual traffic jams in Google Maps by pulling a wagon full of smartphones....

Induced demand and the Black Hole Theory of Highway Investment 1970: One more lane will fix it. 1980: One more lane will fix it. 1990:...

New York city is closer than ever to adopt congestion pricing . This could be a major change in how they address their transportation chal...

A gentle reminder that widening roads to reduce congestion is like loosening the belt to tackle obesity * Our annual reminder: Widening...

“We assume that car use is an incompressible liquid that must be routed somewhere. But it’s more more like a gas that fills whatever space...

Automation and AI will increase spatial/regional inequalities . Paper by  Morgan Frank and colleagues Explore, select and download data o...

Duranton , G., & Turner , M. A. (2011). The fundamental law of road congestion: Evidence from US cities . The American Economic Review,...

I have already posted in the blog about the The Black Hole Theory of Highway Investment . For this matter, LA's 405 freeway is quite ...

"... we find that average highway delay increases 47 percent when transit service ceases." This is from a 2014 paper by Michae...

Last week , I posted a link to a terrific visual and interactive explanation of the difference between Gridlock and Bottlenecks .  ...

These incredible scenes reminded me of a quote by Plane (1995) about the Black Hole Theory of Highway Investment: "Initial ...

São Paulo , Marginal Pinheiros in a regular Wednesday [image credit: Moacyr Lopes Junior/Folhapress ] Soundtrack: Bogotá, by Cr...

When was the last time you've heard about a traffic jam in which people were actually happy to participate? In his amazing book ...

Road pricing: What’s not to love? Top 20 things politicians need to know about science  and  Top 20 things scientists need to know about...

The world's tallest slum  (via Pedro Souza ) Observing the Earth with Incredible Satellite Photos Tweet City: Building Heights by N...

For those interested in transport modelling and congestion pricing, here is a piece in Wired about Komanoff 's spreadsheet to calculat...

Nathan Yau points out to this interactive map showing  county-level commute time estimates for 2011 in the US . The data source is the A...

A couple of cities such as São Paulo, Bogota and Mexico City have already tried to cut down on traffic using licence plate schemes. Needle...

Population Association of America (PAA) on the elimination of the American Community Survey Prof. Michael Sandel will be in London for a ...

Enrique Peñalosa  (former mayor of Bogotá) presented a pleasant lecture at LSE titled:  “ Politics, Power, Cities ” .  Listen to podcast   h...