Insights

The Most-Read Urban Edge Pieces of 2018

The stories that captured your attention in 2018.

Urban Review: How CEOs Are Killing People, Tax Breaks for Gentrifiers and Harris County Gentrification

This week, how tax incentives meant to foster "opportunity" are hastening gentrification, where gentrification is occurring in Houston, why your office might be bad for you and Elon's tunnel!

Metro Presents Its Most Ambitious Plan Yet, Anticipates 2019 Bond Vote

Years in the making, the latest MetroNext plan includes miles more of bus rapid transit and light rail than the previous draft plans.

Urban Review: Costly Commutes, New Apple Hub and Texas' Uninsured

In this weeks roundup, Houston's commute costs near the top nationally, Apple announces plans for Austin hub, a look at who is uninsured in 2018 and a failed promise of prison reform.

In the Age of Hacking and Social Media, Is the Census Bureau Ready For Technical Difficulties?

This is the first cenusus that will be online and in a world with social media. So is the bureau ready for hackers, fake news and social media campaigns?

Urban Review: The Power of Porches, Subsidized Healthcare and a 100-Day Agenda for Harris County

This week, new research on the link between access to subsidized health care and falling behind on rent or mortgage payments, a poetic look at the power of porches, possible priorities for Harris County's new leadership and more.

Map: Eligible and Likely to Naturalize

An interactive map from USC looks not just at the populations eligible to naturalize but their likelihood as well.

What To Watch: Looking Ahead to the 86th Legislative Session

Thanks in part to the results of the recent election, lawmakers are underscoring this session as a time to focus on "bread and butter" issues.

Legislative Report: Hurricane Harvey Recovery Has Cost $2.7 Billion So Far, Most Paid by Feds

Texas Tribune | A report released Friday by the Texas Senate's budget-writing committee laid out past and future costs related to recovery from "the most costly disaster ever to hit the Texas coast."

Urban Review: Return of Rent Control, Devaluing Homes in Majority Black Neighborhoods and Guerrilla Art in Transit

This week, an artist improves bus stops in Los Angeles, new insights into how undervalued homes in majority black neighborhoods are and a reflection on the promise and pitfalls of rent control.

The Unstudied Neighborhood

The bulk of sociological research and policies derived from it focuses on just a small slice of cities. That's a problem.

How Can Houston's Transit Be More Equitable?

In its Equity in Transit report, LINK Houston recommends increasing the frequency and hours of service on key bus routes as well as other system improvements.

Urban Review: Amazon HQ2/2, Millennials As Homebuyers and More

This week, with Amazon's announcement, a look at why Texas can count itself as lucky, new research on where Millennials are buying their first homes, testing the limits of public space and more.

Missing From Transit Planning? Transit Riders

Discussing his new book, transit expert Christof Spieler offered insights into effective transit planning, including a critical missing piece.

How To Support Kids in Houston and Texas

The latest State of Texas Children report from the Center for Public Policy Priorities underscores the need for a complete Census count and includes recommendations on school finance, health care and more.