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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New York's Search for the Right Number of Parking Spaces
Real estate developers in Manhattan want the city to relax its parking maximums
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The Big Fix
The Transportation Planning Rule Every City Should Reform
A longstanding convention about how to measure congestion is being challenged in transit-first San Francisco
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Maps
How Americans Really React to High Gas Prices
A new analysis of gas prices in U.S. cities finds that even minor jumps in fuel costs send people to buses and rails
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Can Higher Fares Save Public Transit?
Maybe — but only if car travel becomes relatively more expensive
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The Limits of Congestion Pricing
It may be the best solution to city traffic, but that doesn't mean it's a perfect one
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Are City Buses Making Us Sick?
In Houston, researchers link bus use with the spread of tuberculosis
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How Happy Is Seattle?
The "Happiness Initiative" aims to measure well-being in cities across the country
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The 10 Least Reliable Roads in the United States
A new report ranks the corridors that are most susceptible to sudden traffic jams
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Improving Urban Planning in Africa
An interview with Nancy Odendaal, project coordinator of the Association of African Planning Schools
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Archives
A Visual History of Manhattan's Grid
A new exhibition examines the master plan that made New York what it is today
