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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Policing the Police on Those Distracting In-Car Computers
Fort Wayne moves to limit when officers can type and stare at their on-board screens.
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The Surprising Spending Habits of India's Rural Population
For the first time in two decades, rural spending is growing faster than urban spending. How can this be?
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Dubai's Misguided Effort to Motivate its Bus Drivers
A nice idea in theory that's nonetheless super unsafe.
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Charts
Do More Car Accidents Happen in Bigger Cities?
New data suggests that city population plays little role in frequency of collisions.
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Charts
Education and Job Requirements: The Great Mismatch
Gaps between educational attainment and job openings are responsible for our long-term unemployment problems.
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You Didn't Plant That: Where Urban Trees Really Come From
Most city trees aren't the result of tree-planting programs.
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Videos
Parkour for Dogs
Turning the cityscape into a ninja playground is even more rad when dogs do it.
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Toilet Tuesday
India's Quixotic Quest to End Human-Hauled Sewage
Hand-emptied toilets could be outlawed, but they're not likely to disappear any time soon.
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Making Sense of Inevitable Transit Delays
Researchers are using rider data to better understand how stressed subway crowds flow through the system.
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Urban Wonk
Who Has the Right to Preserve a City's Past?
As an out-of-towner applies for historic designation, a city considers changing its rules on preservation.
