Amanda Erickson
Amanda Erickson is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic Cities.
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The Big Fix
When Citizens Make a Budget, Can They Look Beyond Their Own Neighborhoods?
That's the question in Vallejo, the first American municipality to approve citywide participatory budgeting.
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Postcard
In Paris, a Car Tries To Ride the Metro
Perhaps it wanted to go green.
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Study of the Day: Bad Street Design Disproportionately Hurts the Poor
Residents in low-income areas are more likely to get injured out on the road, according to researchers.
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Postcard
In Berlin, a Parade of Protest Taxis
At the city's new airport, which opens in June, drivers are expected to pay a higher fee.
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Status Quo of the Day: Rent Control in NYC
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case that could have made rent control illegal in New York.
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Postcard
The World's Cleanest Flash Mob
Bubble-blowers gather in St. Petersburg.
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Overdue Declaration of the Day: Death to Placemaking Banners!
They are bland, they cost too much and they don't do anything.
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Postcard
The Tricky Politics of Breaking a Record for Wearing the Most Bees
The world record holder is hotly contested.
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Charts
Where Families Go After Foreclosure
What's the connection between foreclosures and homelessness?
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Postcard
Siberia's Ice Floaters
The winter swim club of Krasnoyarsk gets in one last hurrah before the spring comes.
