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Why Does This Bench Need an Instruction Sign?
Has the city's public-works department gone rogue?
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Walk Score Launches Bike Score
How bikeable is your city?
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The Uncertain Legacy of America's Pedestrian Malls
A look at some of America's most (and least) successful designs.
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Is the Retro Ballpark Movement Officially Over?
20 years since Camden Yards opened in Baltimore, a look back on the stadium design that's emerged since.
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City Life, Recreated in the Sky
To Antony Wood's mind, the future of cities is vertical, replete with super-tall buildings, rooftop parks and, yes, lots of skybridges.
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Pink Lights, Talking Cameras, and High-Pitched Squeals: The World's Weirdest Anti-Loitering Technologies
Do any of these annoying strategies actually work?
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Do Bike Paths Promote Bike Riding?
Research on the topic doesn't offer any clean answers — and two new reports just add to the confusion.
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Getting a Handel on Transit Crime
Some public transportation systems are using classical music to deter criminals — but does it work?
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Rankings
America's Most Literate Cities Not Necessarily the Wealthiest
Central Connecticut State University's annual study found no correlation between the wealth of a city and its literacy rate.
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The Big Fix
Zen and the Art of Snow Plow Maintenance
When it comes to allocating resources to remove snow, cities can often only guess and hope for the best
