Eric Jaffe
Eric Jaffe is a contributing writer to The Atlantic Cities and the author of The King's Best Highway: The Lost History of the Boston Post Road, the Route That Made America. He lives in New York.
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People Live and Work in Downtown Pittsburgh. How Can the City Get Them to Shop There?
Rather than trying to lure major retailers onto certain sites, the city is creating places Pittsburghers want to go and hoping business will follow.
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Maps
Mapping the 'Demand' Side of Prostitution
The geography of modern "john" shaming.
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Airports: Where the Jobs Are
17 percent of American workers work within 10 miles of a major airport.
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The Portrait of the Artist as Urban Planner
When he's not doing his day job, planner Neil Freeman likes to render the city in abstract and unique ways.
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The Rise of 'Urban Ecology'
Scientists have taken a new interest in how plant and animal life respond to the city.
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Why New York's Transit System Fared So Well During Sandy
A pre- and post-storm review, released by NYU's Rudin Center, has a few recommendations but mostly praise.
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Why Are States Passing Up Billions in Federal Transit Funds?
The GAO reports that only a tenth of $53 billion in flexible transportation funding went to transit in the past five years.
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Maps
6 Great Transit Maps That Aren't Transit Maps
From classic movies to the Mississippi River to a meta map of the world's transit systems.
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4 Reasons Retailers Don't Need Free Parking to Thrive
Shopkeepers consistently overestimate parking's role in their success.
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Hitler Pond to Judas Creek: A Brief History of Controversial Place Names
As Russia considers reviving "Stalingrad," we scan the map for other unsavory historical figures.
