David Zipper July 30, 2025 2025, CityLab We Should All Be Biking Along the Beach David Zipper July 30, 2025 2025, CityLab Biking along the beach is sublime. It’s a shame there are so few places to do it.
David Zipper July 23, 2025 2025, CityLab The High Costs of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ New Car Loan Deduction David Zipper July 23, 2025 2025, CityLab The GOP will let Americans deduct auto loan interest from their taxes. It’s a terrible idea.
David Zipper July 10, 2025 2025, CityLab Why Did Cars Get So Hard to See Out Of? David Zipper July 10, 2025 2025, CityLab Posts known as A-pillars are creating dangerous blind spots
David Zipper July 8, 2025 2025, CityLab Can Americans Just Stop Building New Highways? David Zipper July 8, 2025 2025, CityLab I spoke with Erick Guerra about his book, Overbuilt, and the hidden damage of highway expansions
David Zipper July 2, 2025 2025, CityLab What Gothenburg Got Out of Congestion Pricing David Zipper July 2, 2025 2025, CityLab Congestion pricing can only do so much if a city that doesn’t have much traffic to start with
David Zipper June 17, 2025 2025, CityLab How E-Scooters Conquered (Most of) Europe David Zipper June 17, 2025 2025, CityLab I spoke with Polis’ Karen Vancluysen about how e-scooters are changing European cities — for better and for worse
David Zipper June 3, 2025 2025, CityLab The Global Struggle to Build Safer Cars David Zipper June 3, 2025 2025, CityLab Cars around the world are growing safer — but not in the US.
David Zipper April 28, 2025 2025, CityLab The Last Thing US Transit Agencies Should Do Now David Zipper April 28, 2025 2025, CityLab Cutting transit service leads riders to buy cars — and to abandon transit for good
David Zipper April 23, 2025 2025, CityLab A Car Guy Makes a Left Turn David Zipper April 23, 2025 2025, CityLab Matt Farah is one of the most powerful auto influencers in the world — and also a committed urbanist
David Zipper April 16, 2025 2025, CityLab Why the Best Bike Lanes Always Get Blamed David Zipper April 16, 2025 2025, CityLab Cities must build bike networks — not just bike lanes
David Zipper April 3, 2025 2025, CityLab What Would ‘Transportation Abundance’ Look Like? David Zipper April 3, 2025 2025, CityLab To improve transportation, the abundance movement must consider the kind of infrastructure that gets built — not just the quantity.
David Zipper March 25, 2025 2025, CityLab How SUVs Are Making Traffic Worse David Zipper March 25, 2025 2025, CityLab A groundbreaking new study suggests that SUVs are creating more traffic jams
David Zipper March 14, 2025 2025, CityLab The Dark Prophet of Car-Clogged Cities David Zipper March 14, 2025 2025, CityLab 70 years ago, Lewis Mumford warned that urban highways would be a disaster. We should’ve listened.
David Zipper February 25, 2025 2025, CityLab The Trump Administration Takes Aim at Transportation Research David Zipper February 25, 2025 2025, CityLab President Trump is attacking the foundations of transportation research, throwing the field into turmoil.
David Zipper February 20, 2025 2025, CityLab Who Should Fix the Sidewalk? David Zipper February 20, 2025 2025, CityLab Denver recently became the first major US city to “nationalize” its sidewalks in order to build them faster.
David Zipper January 23, 2025 2025, CityLab What Happened to Hanging Out on the Street? David Zipper January 23, 2025 2025, CityLab Rather than lingering, Americans are racing through streets quickly — and alone. That’s bad news for cities.
David Zipper January 16, 2025 2025, CityLab Will Americans Ever Lose Their Taste for Telework? David Zipper January 16, 2025 2025, CityLab Prof Pat Mokhtarian has been studying remote work for 40 years. She thinks its post-Covid popularity is permanent.
David Zipper January 9, 2025 2025, CityLab What Robotaxis Brought San Francisco David Zipper January 9, 2025 2025, CityLab I spoke with ex-SFMTA head Jeffrey Tumlin about the risks self-driving cars pose to cities like San Francisco.
David Zipper January 6, 2025 2025, CityLab Don’t Shrink the Bus David Zipper January 6, 2025 2025, CityLab The future of transit revolves around big vehicles, not small ones
David Zipper December 5, 2024 2024, CityLab Kansas City Looks Back on its Long, Costly Ride With Microtransit David Zipper December 5, 2024 2024, CityLab Kansas City is a microtransit pioneer, but results have underwhelmed