December 10, 2025
This week on the Talking Headways podcast, we’re joined by Benjamin Schneider to talk about his book The Unfinished Metropolis: Igniting the City-Building Revolution. Ben chats about the unfinishedness of cities, the larger origins of NIMBYism, and how much our economy and built environment cater to cars. Listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA. Find
According to a YouGov survey, Americans believe that housing isn’t affordable, but they disagree on why. More than any other reason, people believe mortgage rates or the costs of building materials are culprits. I know from renovating spaces recently that labor costs are one of the big reasons things, at least here in the Bay
December 8, 2025
This week we’re Han Solo but we’re sharing news about fire departments and their impacts on cities, how Boston and Denver are considering putting housing together with other public services like libraries and police stations, and a bill that would allow transit agencies to get projects environmentally certified in state. And much much more!!! Below
