Urban Edge

Insights, perspectives and stories about building better cities and better lives

Boring Cities; Food as Placemaking and the Jane Jacobs Opera: Urban Insights From Around the Web

A new feature highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.

How Testing Prompted Me To Leave An 18-Year Education Career

I was a principal at a struggling urban school. I realized could do more to help my students from the outside.

John Norquist: It's Time to Tear Down Houston's Pierce Elevated

One of the country's foremost advocates for tearing down freeways says it's time for Houston's Pierce Elevated to go.

Why Car-Crazy Cities Are Now Riding the Rails

With new demands for housing and activities downtown, Sun Belt metropolises are rethinking how their residents get around.

Houston, Kinder Institute to Host Next City Vanguard Conference in 2016

What happens when you bring dozens of the country's most promising young urbanists to a city and set them loose to solve its biggest challenges?

What Ancient Cities Can Teach Us About Using Public Spaces

“Tactical urbanism” isn’t a new phenomenon, research reveals.

Women in Politics; Food Stamps and Uber for Bikes: Urban Insights From Around The Web

A new feature highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.

What maps reveal about Houston’s health problems

Images help illustrate links between income, environment and disease.

What do Houston’s mayoral candidates think of our obesity epidemic?

Upcoming debate aims to shed light on public health issues

How Houston Can Harness the Power of “Big Data”

Unprecedented partnership between Rice and City of Houston is part of a growing movement.