Rubber Meets Road

Rubber Meets Road

Running cities on evidence: street lighting

Vital City May. 20 2026

Recently Published

Could not load content

Get the best ideas, every week.

News, data and policy, straight to your inbox

Children look at the murals in the Las Cabanas museum in Guadalajar

Borrow and Steal

How Guadalajara Killed the Paper Permit

Cara Eckholm Apr. 29 2026

A homeless man sits on the sidewalk next to a man standing behind an advertising board

Homelessness

Why It Takes Four New Housing Units to Get One Person Off the Street

Sherry Glied Apr. 16 2026

The Real Reasons New Yorkers’ Groceries Cost So Much

City Government

The Real Reasons New Yorkers’ Groceries Cost So Much

Stephen Smith Jan. 14 2026

Data

Understand crime trends beyond the headlines

Dive into 30 years of data on crime complaints, shootings and arrests by borough, neighborhood and more — to understand public safety in New York beyond the headlines.

View Data Explorer

The Journal

Crime: Looking Back at 2025, and Ahead to 2026

February 2026

Crime: Looking Back at 2025, and Ahead to 2026

What happened in New York City and nationally, and what will happen next?

Feb. 19 2026

Mamdani, the Morning After

November 2025

Mamdani, the Morning After

What New York's new mayor should do now

Nov. 06 2025

400 Million Guns (or More)

September 2025

400 Million Guns (or More)

The supply side of America's gun problem

Sep. 10 2025

Housing, Housing, Housing

September 2025

Housing, Housing, Housing

How New York City can produce and preserve many more homes

Sep. 10 2025

Podcast

Could not load content

Could not load content

Culture

Get the best ideas, every week.

News, data and policy, straight to your inbox