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More Cars on the Road Make You Late, But Some Cars Make You Much Later Than Others
A new study suggests that traffic reduction should be targeted at particular communities.
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Year in Review
2012's Year in Maps
It's been an eventful year for cartography.
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Maps
How Bad Will Climate Change Get for the Eastern U.S.? Look at These Crazy Maps
Climate change-related heat waves and intense storms are projected to hit Eastern U.S. cities especially hard.
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Year in Review
The Best Open Data Releases of 2012
Our annual look at the extensive information now available from city governments, and the tools people are building with it.
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Videos
BEEEEEEEEP! This Bike Sounds Like a Car Horn
The "Loud Bicycle" prototype can blast careless drivers with a 30-second trumpet that's as loud as a rock concert.
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Year in Review
The 10 Healthiest U.S. Housing Markets Going in to 2013
Metros with strong job growth, low vacancy rates and low foreclosure inventory.
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Even American Drivers Like Mass Transit More Than They Think
A quarter of car commuters gave up their parking permits after a recent trial in Boston.
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The Stark Geographic Inequality of the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
A small number of coastal cities get the bulk of the benefit.
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Riding the Subway as Therapy
Wrapped in steel and plastic and surrounded by strangers, public transportation can be as soothing as a night out with friends.
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America Is Finally Closing Prisons. Now What Do We Do With Them?
The trickiest reuse challenge yet.
