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Next City’s Top Transportation and Mobility Stories of 2024
(Photo by Amy Chen / Unsplash) As we plan our coverage for the year ahead, we’re looking back at Next City’s most impactful and interesting reporting on transportation and urban mobility in 2024. From...
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The Weekly Wrap: The New Year Means Raises for 9.2 Million Workers
(Photo by Paul Sableman / CC BY 2.0) Happy New Year! And welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions...
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Next City’s Top Urban Arts and Culture Stories of 2024
The Sprout playscape at Harlem’s Polo Grounds Towers was funded by Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety’s participatory budgeting initiative. (Photo by The Urban Conga) From local politics to...
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Do Car-Free Zones Hurt Disabled People? Experts Explain.
(Illustration by Sherm / Disabled And Here) This story was originally published by Mother Jones. Dani Izzie, a wheelchair user with quadriplegia, tried to take public transit, as she usually does,...
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Next City’s Top Economic Justice Stories of 2024
An estimated 10,000 independent recyclers gather containers across New York City. In 2024, they called for a long-awaited raise. (Photo by Melissa Simpson) Last year, amid an ongoing housing crisis...
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The Economic Development Issues We’re Watching Under Another Trump...
Then-President Donald Trump, accompanied by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, left, speaks during a meeting to support America's farmers and ranchers in the Roosevelt Room of the White House,...
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Next City’s Top Environmental & Energy Justice Stories of 2024
(Photo by Casey Horner / Unsplash+) The horrific wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles right now are a fresh reminder of how vulnerable our cities are to the climate crisis. We’re looking back at...
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The Housing and Homelessness Issues We’re Watching in 2025
(Photo on left by Evan Vucci/AP Photo; photo on right by Levi Meir Clancy/Unsplash) 2024 was another relentless year of the housing crisis. Homelessness spiked year over year, both because of rent...
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‘Try Everything, Try Anything’: Kansas City’s Striking Tenants Want Biden To...
Diasha White, a resident of Independence Towers and member of the tenant union. (Photo by Carly Rosin) On Oct. 1, 2024, tenants at two Kansas City, Missouri, apartment complexes started a rent strike....
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The Weekly Wrap: L.A. Wildfires Set To Be the Costliest in U.S. History
(Photo by Casey Horner / Unsplash+) Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us closer...
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Are Nigeria’s Bans on Motorbike Taxis Backfiring?
In this Sept. 5, 2012 photo, motorcycle taxis known as "okada" and other traffic backs up at an intersection in Lagos, Nigeria. Many Lagosians simply acknowledge the traffic as a living, breathing...
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What Next City Is Covering in 2025
(Photos by Steijn Leijzer, Nathan Dumlao, Nitish Meena and Colin Lloyd) As 2025 unfolds, Next City will hold tight to its values — justice, honesty, openness, humanity and connection — and stay...
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From 15-Minute Cities to Freedom Cities, Urban Planners Need To Consider Our...
(Illustration by Ave Calvar / Unsplash+) Last month I found myself in a community planning meeting that, after about an hour and a half, descended into what could politely be called “spirited debate.”...
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New York To Make Major Greenhouse Gas Emitters Pay for Past Pollution
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (Photo by Marc A. Hermann / CC BY 2.0) This story was originally published by Canary Media. New York state will soon force major oil and gas companies to pay up for mounting...
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We Need To Support Childless Adults, Too
(Photo by Levi Meir Clancy / Unsplash+) A few weeks ago, I attended a conference exploring policies and interventions that support thriving families in the American South. The conversations focused on...
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In the Wake of Devastating Wildfires, Could L.A. Rebuild More Connected Streets?
A Tesla drives towards a row of homes ablaze on the Pacific Coast Highway during the Palisades Fire. (Photo by Anna Sophia Moltke / SOPA Images / Sipa USA via AP Images) It’s an unforgettable scene...
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Facing Wildfire and Rent Gouging, L.A. Tenants Are Fighting For Rent Control
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection responds to the 2025 Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County. (Photo by CAL Fire / CC BY-NC 2.0) Amid devastating fires in Los Angeles County that...
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How Federal Disaster Funding Can Slow Rent Increases After Extreme Weather
Flooding in Longmont, Colorado in 2013. (Photo by Bryce Bradford / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Coloradans often welcome rain storms with the refrain, “We need the moisture.” After the deadly floods in September...
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The Weekly Wrap: 76ers Drop Controversial Philly Stadium Plan
(Photo by Jane Smith / CC BY-NC 2.0) Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us closer...
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Why Is Ontario Ripping Out Toronto’s Hard-Fought Bike Lanes? It’s Not About...
Cyclists in Toronto. (Photo by Timothy Neesam / CC BY-ND 2.0) Late last year, about 1,000 cyclists gathered in Toronto to protest against Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s controversial Bill 212, ostensibly...
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