Urban Edge

On less than one acre of land, a Second Ward farm has flourished but it faces an uncertain future.

The Conversation | In theory, Texas law should protect these heritage sites.

A new Urban Institute report sheds light on who's most likely to default on student loans, and possible ways to help them.

The Conversation | Research sheds light on who's most likely to vote and who's most likely to become a habitual voter.

This week, new research on the potential safety benefits of Houston's Bike Plan, a home construction program, getting transit equity right and more.

Early voting began Wednesday, with election day on Aug. 25, the anniversary of Hurricane Harvey's landfall.

A new report looks at how recent crashes and near misses map onto short- and long-term projects in the Houston Bike Plan, underscoring the importance of following through on them.

With several still very preliminary plans for Metro's next steps on the table, how should we think about equity?

This week, expanding transit in Atlanta, rethinking juvenile curfews, calling for an end to Austin's ambitious CodeNEXT and more.

In July, Morales was appointed by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner for the Metro board position.

A new study from the Texas Civil Rights Project tracked which schools had requested voter registration forms from the state and which hadn't.

Still preliminary, the plan includes airport rail connections, bus rapid transit and more but will likely face serious financial constraints.

This week, new data on parking, a review of a fabricated sports city, the problem with work requirements and a lesson in writing about Los Angeles (and all cities).

Zocalo Public Square | "Sometimes we couldn’t even agree on what to call our city."

Houston had the largest increase in families with children who rented of the 30 biggest metropolitan areas between 2006 and 2016.

OffCite | The Resilient by Design challenge offers lessons for resiliency planning that can address environmental crises as well as challenges in socioeconomic and racial inequity.

This week's roundup covers a new analysis of maternal risk factors across Texas, asks whether big park projects and the communities around them can get along, looks at law enforcement referrals in schools after high-profile shootings and even a Drake reference.

Amid a wave of women candidates, Lisa Seger of Blue Heron Farm makes a run for it.

Eleven months post-Hurricane Harvey, what lessons have been learned?

Voice of San Diego | As the government struggles to stay on top of the surge in prosecutions of those accused of entering the country illegally, prosecutors are making errors they normally wouldn’t.