Sommer Mathis
Sommer Mathis is editor of The Atlantic Cities. Previously she spent five years editing and reporting on the D.C. metro area at DCist.com and TBD.com.
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Paris Syndrome: Could Any Other City Produce This Bizarre Affliction?
An actual illness can apparently result upon realizing Paris isn't all its cracked up to be
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Democracy in America
Don't Tweet: In D.C., a New War on Public Safety Information
Citing safety concerns, the city opts to filter which public safety incidents citizens get to hear about
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The Big Fix
More Ways Neighborhoods Can Decrease Car Use
Your responses from this week's The Big Fix
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Videos
Car-Crushing Vilnius Mayor Wins 'Ig Nobel' Peace Prize
Arturas Zuokas's viral tank video honored for 'improbable research'
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Brooklyn's Super Convenient but Mostly Illegal Private Bus Service
Dollar Vans offer a much-needed transit link. What's so wrong about that?
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Photos
Great Neighborhoods, Streets, and Public Spaces for 2011
30 examples of great places in American cities from the American Planning Association
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Paris Launches One-Way Car-Sharing
Autolib offers compact, all-electric vehicles modeled after Velib
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Archives
When We Were Still Getting Used to Traffic Lights
An archival film from 1937 explains how automatic traffic signals worked in different cities across the country
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Charts
2011 Major League Baseball Regular Season: Attendance by Team
Philadelphia tops the regular season attendance list for the first time in franchise history
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Walk Score Offers Apartment Searches Based on Commuting Time
Data from 209 transit agencies combines with Craigslist rental listings
