Increasing Density Along Transit Lines

The subway system in Toronto for many years consisted of two lines – the Bloor-Danforth east/west line and the Yonge-University-Spadina line which is a north/south loop through the downtown core. The main expansions to the network include the Scarborough LRT line...

Has It Been Four Years?

It’s hard to believe, but four years ago this month, much of the United States put up the closed sign in an attempt to slow the spreading of the COVID-19 outbreak through the declaration of public health emergencies. Within two weeks of the beginning of the...

The Urban Ink Blot Test

Can you identify the cities in these maps without the familiar guidelines of transportation and water features? Each map is at 1:400,000 scale and shows only the relative density of households at the block group level – which makes it interesting because industrial...

Presidential Birthplace Bias?

So far, there have been 46 presidents of the United States of America, from George Washington to Joseph Biden. In theory, they should hail from all over the country; however, when you think about where they were born, it is likely that you think about the East Coast....