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Car Elevators: Not Just for Rich People
Automated parking garages are now popping up on both coasts. Could this save dense cities space?
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Charts
Cities With Denser Cores Do Better
Packed city centers are correlated with economic growth, talent levels, and diversity.
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Why Mayors Should Run the Department of Transportation
Some unsolicited thoughts for the president as he replaces Ray LaHood.
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Videos
'Drivelapse' of the Day: Route 66 in 3 Minutes
Brian DeFrees captures the big and small spots along the highway.
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Maps
To Get America Growing Again, We Have to Look to Our Most Productive Metro Areas
The United States is not just as a single national economy but a collection of city and metro economies, and they're growing at starkly different rates.
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Do We Pay More To Live in Diverse Neighborhoods?
Diverse neighborhoods had higher population growth and stronger property value growth last year – and they’re a bit pricier to begin with.
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America's Most Diverse Neighborhoods
More and more suburbs are cropping up as hubs.
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L.A. Moves Forward With Its Own Immigration Reform
The nation's second-largest city has approved ID cards aimed at helping the otherwise undocumented.
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The Global Gateways That Connect America to the World
Just five metro areas move nearly 40 percent of all U.S. international passengers.
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Democracy in America
2012 Ballot Initiatives: Local Winners and Losers
A cities-focused look at the outcome of key state and local ballot initiatives.
