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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Sparrows Actually Change Their Tune To Sing Over the Noise Of the City
A study in San Francisco's Presidio District suggests birds are adapting to the increasingly noisy city.
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Soon Your Home May Be Smarter Than You Are
Forget to turn off the oven, or close the garage, or feed the cat? Your house knows.
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Bus Rapid Transit
A new database corrals just about everything that's known about the 134 BRT systems in the world.
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Charts
The Simple Math That Can Save Cities From Bankruptcy
Forget raising taxes or cutting services. If cities understood the economics of land use better, they might not need to do either.
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The Big Fix
The Science of Quieter Cities
Tired of listening to your neighbor's shoes, the garbage truck, and the sound of car traffic? What if you didn't have to?
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How To Talk About Cities Without Ticking Off Folks Who Don't Live There
Because “smart growth” can sound like code for “the rest of you are dumb.”
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The Building You’re Sitting In Now Has Its Own Social Network, Too
HonestBuildings.com aims to be a sort of LinkedIn for the build environment.
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The Big Fix
The Dawn of the Municipal Chief Innovation Officer
San Francisco and Philadelphia are the first major U.S. cities to install innovation officers. What exactly do these guys do, and will their stodgy government colleagues let them get away with it?
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Urban Wonk
How To Catch a Criminal With Data
In an era of fewer resources, police could solve more crimes faster if they could leverage the Big Data long buried within their own departments.
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Photos
I Can't Stop Looking at Photos of Absurdly Tiny Homes
Why we can't stop looking at photos of absurdly small houses and apartments.
