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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Urban Wonk
A Case for Abolishing Parking Tickets
A researcher argues that cities could make up the revenue and control parking demand without all those hated citations.
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The Big Fix
Would More Drivers Use Mass Transit if It Mimicked Private Cars?
Personal Rapid Transit tries for a comeback.
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Should Hybrid and Electric Cars Have to Sound Like Regular Cars?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has decided that they do.
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Photos
When Cracked Sidewalks Become Art
St. Etienne's Oakoak finds inspiration in crumbling infrastructure.
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Watch These Traffic Lights Slowly Take Over a City
Amsterdam never stood a chance.
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Mapping Urban Agriculture From the Sky
Google Earth could help quantify urban gardens much better than advocates on the ground.
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Charts
How the Federal Government Dramatically Skews the U.S. Real Estate Market
A new report details the $450 billion annual federal investment in what gets built in America.
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The Big Fix
How Black Gentrifiers Have Affected the Perception of Chicago's Changing Neighborhoods
Two Chicago communities with similar stories see vastly different outcomes.
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What's Behind San Francisco's Sudden Building Boom?
Traditionally stingy with new growth, the city appears to be on the cusp of a major construction cycle.
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Maps
How Bad Will Climate Change Get for the Eastern U.S.? Look at These Crazy Maps
Climate change-related heat waves and intense storms are projected to hit Eastern U.S. cities especially hard.
