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Year in Review
The Best Metro Data Releases of 2011
There's never been a better time to be an urban researcher
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The World's Next 20 Tallest Skyscrapers
The average height of towers is climbing — but how high is too high?
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What Cornell's New Tech Campus Means for New York's Roosevelt Island
First things first: Students are going to need more transit options between the proposed campus and Manhattan
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The Burgeoning Field of Security Perimeter Design
As bollards and Jersey barriers become ubiquitous, architects and designers look for ways to make them less hideous
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Urban Wonk
How Public Transit Celebrates the Holidays
A roundup of the best train lights and subway car decorations
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The Evolution of Traffic Accidents in New York
Fatalities are on pace to hit their lowest mark in a century. A look back at the way things were when traffic statistics began
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How to Fill an Empty Urban Space
A community group in New York collects ideas for a space that once housed the BMW Guggenheim Lab
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The Case for Congestion
Traffic provides cities money and robust street life - why should we do away with it?
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Turning Your Commute Into an Arcade Game
The Foursquare-style Chromaroma program tracks London Tube riders wherever they go
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Urban Wonk
How We're Failing Our Parks
America has more city parks, but less money to pay for them
