Emily Badger
Emily Badger is a staff writer at The Atlantic Cities. Her work has previously appeared in Pacific Standard, GOOD, The Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Times. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
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8 Pearls of Wisdom From Ed Koch
The late New York Mayor was never for want of words.
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Wanted: A Little Electric Car That Won’t Crumple in a Collision
The Germans – of course – are working on it.
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A Digital Mixing Board for Your Street
Go ahead. Add a bike lane.
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This Is How You Respond to Bigoted Bus Ads
An ad campaign targeting transit in San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington corrects a few misinterpretations of the word "Jihad."
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Urban Wonk
Walkable Urbanism as Foreign Policy
The rise of suburbia helped America win the Cold War. Could urbanism do the same today in a world of changing threats?
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5 Ways the Next U.S. Secretary of Transportation Will Be Forced to Follow Ray LaHood's Lead
The head of the DOT announced today that he's stepping down. He leaves behind an agency in dramatic transition.
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It's Not Easy Being a Transit Advocate in Atlanta
How do you improve congestion when there's zero political will to raise money to fix it?
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Charts
The Wildly Different Age Demographics of U.S. Cities
And other lessons learned from a vast new data tool from the Urban Institute.
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Finding Beauty in the Hypnotic Sound of Police Scanners
A window into the steady rhythm of first responders in a major city.
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What's Behind the Rise of Diabetes in Young Children in Philadelphia?
New research shows a startling prevalence of the disease among children younger than 5.
