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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Could Your Smartphone Help Police Track Gunfire?
Researchers develop an add-on to the Android that can pinpoint the location of shooters.
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Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx Tapped to Head the Department of Transportation
Finally, a replacement for Ray LaHood.
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Maps
Mapping the Subtle Science of Parking Demand
The Seattle region pioneers a way to calculate just the right amount of parking.
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Photos
The Payphone of the Future Is Calling
Ideas for radical reinventions that would make the obsolete technology useful again.
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Maps
Researchers Can Tell How Healthy Your Neighborhood Is From Your Facebook Page
Tracking obesity rates based on your interest in outdoor fitness, health and wellness, and television.
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The Best Idea Yet To Get People to Curb Their Junk Food Consumption
Are you listening, Mayor Bloomberg?
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Stunning Laser Scans That Could Help Us Reuse Aging Buildings Better
No, these are not renderings.
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Expensive Cities Are Even Worse for the Poor Than You Think
How high-income cities make groceries for the low-income more expensive, too.
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Videos
Watch Rio Erase and Rebuild Its Entire Waterfront in 3 Minutes
Urban planning porn for advocates of highway demolition.
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Is Your City Getting in the Way of Your Social Life?
Measuring the "social interaction potential" of place.
