Urban Edge

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

To See If METRO’s Bus Overhaul Works, I Rode It With a 1-Year-Old

A family outing to Buffalo Bayou reveals exactly how Houston’s revamped bus network is paying off.

American Political Participation is Down (Except Among Black People)

The bigger question is whether their momentum carries over into 2016.

Watts at 50; Rising Rent; and the Tiff About Toilets: Urban Insights From Around the Web

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

To Understand Houston's New Bus Network, Just Look at the 27 Route

The 27 route runs every 15 minutes, every day, for 19 hours a day. Similar routes will help make transit more viable option for Houstonians.

What A Poll Of Mayors Reveals About The Uneven Economic Recovery

Businesses are expanding and property values are rising. But demand for food, shelter, and affordable housing is increasing too. What does that disconnect mean for American cities?

Drowning in Data, Cities Need Help

For most of human history, urban planners have had to do their jobs with only the dimmest understanding of what’s going on. Now they have more information than they can handle.

Research Over Coffee: How Trump’s Racist Remarks Fit a Pattern of GOP Rhetoric on Immigrants

The GOP front-runner’s attacks on Latinos are in line with the party’s ongoing anti-immigrant rhetoric, study finds

Take a Trip Inside Houston's Astrodome Archives

Libraries are documenting mementos and stories about the iconic stadium so it will live on – even if it’s demolished.

L.A. From Above; Public Housing on TV; and the Real Cost of Potholes: Urban Insights from Around the Web

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

Houston to House New National Education Organization

Kinder Institute program will help researchers and school districts collaborate in new ways to benefit students Kinder Institute program will help researchers and school districts collaborate in new ways to benefit students