Claire Tran
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Designing Philadelphia's $50 Million Esports Arena
An architect working on Philadelphia’s future esports arena explains the basics of designing for video-game competitions. → Read More
These Urban Highways in North America Need to Die
The Congress for New Urbanism once again lists the most-loathed urban freeways in North America—and makes the case for tearing them down. → Read More
For Boston City Hall’s 50th Birthday, a Commemorative Pin
The city’s most polarizing building is now officially middle-aged and a couple of fans have reproduced a pin that was given out during its opening week celebrations in 1969. → Read More
A Young Mother's Death Highlights a Fatal Flaw in New York's Subway
After a women carrying a baby and a stroller suffered a fall, accessibility advocates are again calling for more elevators in the city's subway stations. → Read More
The Data Doesn’t Lie: Chinese Food Really Is a Christmas Tradition
We used Yelp and Google Trends data to see if people really swap the eggnog for chow fun. → Read More
For Rural Americans, the Nearest Hospital May Be More Than 30 Minutes Away
A new Pew Research Center study finds rural Americans face longer travel times to hospitals and feel they have lower quality healthcare than urban residents. → Read More
Experience the Joy and Pain of Chicago Transit, in a Card Game
LOOP is both a card game and a tribute to the city’s famous L trains. → Read More
A Trump Birthright Citizenship Order Will Create Millions of Undocumented Children
If the prevailing application of the 14th Amendment no longer holds, new data documents where the children who would be affected by an executive order live. → Read More
Free Rides and Office Holidays: The Companies Making It Easier to Vote
Instead of voter suppression, these companies and transit agencies are engaged in voter support. They want to make access to the polls easier on Election Day. → Read More
The Towns Where Trick-or-Treaters May Run Afoul of the Law
From California to Maryland, local ordinances penalize trick-or-treating by teens, after 8 PM, or even while wearing a mask. → Read More
Mapping Which Neighborhoods Are Buried In Student Debt
How much of your paycheck goes towards student loans? → Read More
How Apps Like Waze Tracked the Hurricane Florence Evacuation
As Hurricane Florence battered the Carolinas, navigation apps and mapping companies tracked road closures and evacuations. → Read More
If You Don’t Do Stairs, Half of New York City is a Transit Desert
The city’s subway is by far the most inaccessible in the nation. That has a big economic impact on the whole city, according to a new report. → Read More
The Queer Eye Mayor on Trump, Campaigns, and Resistance Beards
Mayor Ted Terry got a makeover to look less like a "Millennial." He's since won re-election. → Read More
Electric Double-Decker Buses Are Coming for Commuters
They’re not just for sightseeing anymore. → Read More