Urban Edge

For the past four years, Detroit's director of planning and development, Maurice Cox, has been making radical changes to the once-bankrupt Midwest city, with a particular focus on creating a city that's equitable for all residents.

The legislation includes a provision to allow local governments to continue operating cameras until they finish out any contracts in effect as of May 7.

On November 5, the City of Houston will hold elections to choose a mayor, controller, and 16 council members to serve four-year terms from January 2020 to January 2024.

One researcher offers new insights into opportunity, comparing Germany and the United States.

Works of art in their own right, well-designed transit maps communicate complicated information in elegant, legible ways.

The Kinder Houston Area Survey shows more people believe schools need more money to provide quality education.

More Houstonians are bringing diversity into their homes through friendships and romantic relationships, according to a new survey.

For 38 years, Rice University's Kinder Houston Area Survey has tracked the social changes and political perspectives of Bayou City residents.

A changing Houston must reimagine streets for pedestrians and cyclists and have less concern for speeding traffic.

Via The Texas Tribune: The chambers will need to negotiate how to give teachers pay raises, whether to adjust how students take standardized tests and how to provide long-term property tax relief for Texans.

Many plans are intended to support multimodal mobility but a truly complete street goes beyond that.

After following Texas eighth-graders for twelve years after their high school graduation, the Houston Education Research Consortium found that 29 percent of Texas graduates get post-secondary degrees.

Houston's economy is known for oil, gas and energy, but the local economy is built on much more, including small manufacturers.

This research shows how much the gap between the rich and the poor has exacerbated.

Transportation guru Christof Spieler defines some of Houston's largest transportation myths and facts.

Session at the Urban Affairs Association conference highlights Kinder Institute’s efforts to encourage scholars to study Houston’s pressing issues.

Not known for interesting design, several recent examples try to move affordable housing forward.

By 2045, the Greater Houston and Galveston area will be home to nearly 11 million people, according to the Houston-Galveston Area Council.

The team effort pairs city, advocates and community leaders to conquer Gulfton's street safety troubles.