Urban Edge

Stories, perspectives and insights from the Kinder Institute

Houston is split on gay rights. So why did its equal rights ordinance fail spectacularly?

Houston elected an openly gay mayor three times. But it couldn't pass an equal rights ordinance that exists in many other cities.

How Salt Lake City is Reusing Its Extra-Wide Streets

An ambitious initiative is inspiring a new approach to development across the city.

What Happens To Kids As They Start To Lose Access To Food

Interpersonal skills and self-control suffer when students face food insecurity.

How Communities Leverage the Power of “Infrastructural Citizenship”

Highways and other major infrastructure are essential, yet often disruptive, elements of urban living.

Research Over Coffee: Lack of Black Lawmakers Can’t be Explained By Unwilling Candidates

Blacks are just as likely to seek high office, but they face smaller odds of success.

Stadium Subsidies; Cyclist Hate; and How to Anger a Taxi Driver: Urban Insights From Around The Web.

While the Urban Edge strives to provide readers with daily news and insights about urban policy, we’re also voracious readers of city news ourselves. As part of a new weekly feature, senior editor Ryan Holeywell and the staff of the Kinder Institute highlight the week’s most interesting articles from around the web about urban policy and city life.

Does Urban Planning Have a Race Problem?

As Ferguson’s one-year anniversary approaches, one urban planner says her profession needs to consider how it thinks about race.

Director's Address - October 2015

A message from the director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research for the month of October.

Charts of the Week: Across the Sun Belt, Cyclists Are Mostly Poor

In many places, people don’t bike to make a statement. They bike because it’s what they can afford.

In Texas, Two Dramatically Different Transit Philosophies Emerge

Dallas and Houston are embracing light rail. But their approaches share little in common.