Over at Streetsblog, I have an article about how Chicago’s land use laws and design practices mean the city doesn’t get nearly as much out of its transit infrastructure as it might. In this instance, it’s about the Orange Line, but it really could be about any number of places. On the list I keep of potential posts here, “Oh my God Metra” has been staring at me for several months. Do you ever go to any of the suburban downtowns around Metra stations that haven’t been allowed to grow since 1920, forcing people and jobs out into the transit-dry hinterland? Does it make you cry?
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Murder Inequality
My first piece for The New Republic is up. It expands on some homicide concentration research I did last fall, and takes a quick look at New York City and Los Angeles as well.
Daniel Kay Hertz 