Nate Berg
Nate Berg is a freelance reporter and a former staff writer for The Atlantic Cities. He lives in Los Angeles.
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Sustainable Transportation Simply May Require a Top-Down Approach
Mandated planning improves metro area transit patterns, but maybe not enough.
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Can We Recreate the Theater of the Street On Screen?
A marketing campaign's cameras turn a select number of public spaces into stages.
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Africa's Urbanizing, But Not How You Think
Urban growth isn't necessarily streaming in from the countryside.
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Once Again, Carmageddon II Was Practically a Non-Issue
Closing 10 miles of Los Angeles's busiest freeway for a second time was as uneventful as officials hoped.
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When 'Carmageddon' Strikes, How Much of California Feels the Pain?
Warnings have been blaring up and down the state for months. Is this really necessary?
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Traffic Fatalities Are on the Rise in New York. Is Distracted Driving to Blame?
City officials think so, and they've launched a low-tech campaign to get people to pay attention.
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It's Official: Downtowns Are Booming
Neighborhoods within 2 miles of city hall saw huge jumps in population between 2000 and 2010, according to new numbers from the Census.
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Even the Smell of Cigarettes Changes How We Use Public Spaces
Smokers and the battle for the outdoors.
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The Growing Inequality of Home Building in India
Cities are building more houses than ever, but they are priced out of reach for the poor.
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Official Asks Every Person in Bulawayo to Flush Their Toilets at the Same Time
Looking for someone on Monday and Thursday at 7 p.m.? Check the bathroom.
