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- A Tour of a Whole Country That Has 'Transformed Itself for Cycling' http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/10/tour-whole-country-has-transformed-itself-cycling/7333/ 46 comments
- Why Don't Americans Riot Anymore? http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2012/02/what-dont-americans-riot-anymore/1274/ 19 comments
- What Running Out of Power in a Tesla on the Side of a Highway Taught Me About the Road Trip of Tomorrow http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2014/04/what-running-out-power-tesla-side-highway-taught-me-about-road-trip-tomorrow/8978/ 67 comments technology
- London's Bike-Share Program Unwittingly Revealed Its Cyclists' Movements for the World to See http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/04/londons-bike-share-program-unwittingly-revealed-its-cyclists-movements-world-see/8892/ 13 comments bicycling
- A Bicycle-Powered Moving Company's Sales Pitch: We're Just Faster http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/03/bicycle-powered-moving-companys-sales-pitch-were-just-faster/8701/ 6 comments bicycling
- Democrats Can't Agree on How Much They Want to Raise the Minimum Wage http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2014/02/democrats-cant-agree-how-much-they-want-raise-minimum-wage/8529/ 34 comments politics
- Yes, Police Can Arrest You for Failing to Identify Yourself http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2014/02/yes-police-can-arrest-you-refusing-identify-yourself/8485/#.uw429qfaszs.reddit 14 comments politics
- Across Europe, a Growing Sense That Legalized Prostitution Isn't Working. The issue driving recent bans is human trafficking. http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/12/across-europe-growing-sense-legalized-prostitution-isnt-working/7777/ 27 comments worldnews
- One Simple Way to Improve How Cops and Prosecutors Do Their Jobs http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/12/one-simple-way-improve-how-cops-and-prosecutors-do-their-jobs/7764/ 5 comments politics
- The Grim Math of the Working-Class Housing Crisis http://www.theatlanticcities.com/housing/2013/10/grim-math-working-class-housing-crisis/7321/ 4 comments economy
- The Economist Who Just Won a Nobel Prize Thinks Owning a Home Is a Terrible Investment http://www.theatlanticcities.com/housing/2013/10/economist-who-just-won-nobel-prize-thinks-housing-terrible-investment/7240/ 47 comments financialindependence
- 'If You Live Near Other People, You're Probably a Democrat. If Your Neighbors Are Distant, Republican' http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/09/if-you-live-near-other-people-youre-probably-democrat-if-your-neighbors-are-distant-republican/7047/ 3 comments politics
- How Poverty Taxes the Brain http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/08/how-poverty-taxes-brain/6716/ 32 comments cogsci
- The Small, Often Imperceptible Reasons Some Neighborhoods Feel Safer Than Others (Atlantic Cities) http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/07/google-street-view-knows-why-some-neighborhoods-just-feel-safe/6326/ 6 comments science
- U.S. Mayors to Obama: Quit Cracking Down on Marijuana. The U.S. Conference of Mayors unanimously adopted a resolution arguing that "states and localities should be able to set whatever marijuana policies work best to improve the public safety and health of their communities." http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/06/mayors-obama-quit-cracking-down-marijuana/6008/ 1580 comments politics
- Occupy Istanbul? Inside the Growing Mini-City at Gezi Park http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/06/occupy-istanbul-protesters-build-their-own-mini-city-gezi-park/5829/ 3 comments worldnews
- Why We Should Never Fine Cyclists http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/05/why-we-should-never-fine-cyclists/5571/ 9 comments bicycling
- Where Americans Tweet Messages of Hate http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/05/where-americans-tweet-messages-hate/5557/ 21 comments politics
- A Terrifying, Fascinating Timelapse of 30 Years of Human Impact on Earth http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/05/terrifying-fascinating-timelapse-30-years-human-impact-earth-gifs/5540/ 44 comments technology
- A busy intersection design without stop signs or traffic lights http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/04/lots-cars-and-trucks-no-traffic-signs-or-lights-chaos-or-calm/5152/ 42 comments technology
- Saudi Arabia will now let women ride bicycles, but only for fun, not for transportation. http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/04/saudi-arabia-will-let-women-ride-bicycles-only-fun/5166/#.uvswlmqxfw0.facebook 8 comments nottheonion
- Somebody Invented a Car that Runs on Coffee http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/03/somebody-invented-car-runs-coffee/4845/ 8 comments technology
- Why a Bicycle Tax Might Not Be Pointless After All http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/02/why-bike-tax-might-not-be-pointless-after-all/4828/ 3 comments bicycling
- Being Doored is Illegal in 40 States. Are You In One? Looking at you Va http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/01/virginia-thinks-drivers-should-be-able-door-bikers-without-penalty/4490/ 12 comments bicycling
- Baltimore vs. San Francisco: A stupid allegory waiting to happen http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/02/baltimore-vs-san-francisco-stupid-allegory-waiting-happen/4562/ 9 comments nfl
- In Minneapolis, Reducing Bike Crashes by Studying Them in Detail http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/01/minneapolis-reducing-bike-crashes-studying-them-detail/4503/ 4 comments bicycling
- TIL The lovechild of the monorail and bicycle is called a Shweeb and is currently under development funded in part by Google http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/03/whatever-happened-shweeb/1612/ 8 comments bicycling
- Lugging a Bike Up Apartment Stairs? Why Not Use a Handle http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/08/lugging-bike-apartment-stairs-why-not-use-handle/2836/ 25 comments bicycling
- They Built It, But the MLB Never Came http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2012/07/they-built-it-mlb-never-came/2509/ 27 comments baseball
- NFL + Geography: Which regions produce the most players? http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2012/04/which-parts-country-produce-most-nfl-players/1840/ 6 comments nfl
- Uncovering the World's First Cities -- Researchers map the earliest Mesopotamian cities and find that many develop in surprising areas. http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2012/03/finding-and-understanding-first-cities/1528/ 6 comments science
- As Usage Rises, Libraries Struggle to Stay Open http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2012/03/usage-rises-libraries-struggle-stay-open/1423/ 7 comments books
- Are America's Prison Towns Doomed? With the nation's incarceration rate steadily declining, small towns that bet big on prisons are finding themselves in a financial jam. http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2012/02/are-americas-prison-towns-doomed/1177?mrefid=share 65 comments politics
- How Do We Find Our Way Around the City? -- "You can no longer depend on the logical numbered progression of streets and avenues, and must instead rely on some other picture inside your head." http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/01/how-do-we-find-our-way-around-city/967/#.txxrgfngi2y.reddit 23 comments science
- Which Countries Pay Blue Collar Workers the Most? -- The United States ranks 14th in the world in wages and compensation for manufacturing workers, according to new data http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2012/01/which-countries-pay-blue-collar-workers-most/818/#.twstaqaw0dc.reddit 11 comments politics
- The Lost City of Cahokia -- New evidence of a "sprawling metropolis" that existed in East St. Louis from 1000-1300 A.D. http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2012/01/lost-city-cahokia/848/ 447 comments science
- Buffalo, Then and Now (1902-2011) http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2011/12/buffalo-then-and-now-1902-2011/716/ 29 comments history
- Medical Marijuana Legalization May Lead to Fewer Traffic Deaths -- Researchers link a drop in beer consumption, and resulting drunk driving, with the availability of medical pot http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2011/11/medical-marijuana-laws-may-lead-fewer-traffic-deaths/609/#.ttedpaprdxu.reddit 124 comments politics
- How the Plummeting Price of Cocaine Fueled the Nationwide Drop in Violent Crime http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2011/11/cocaine-plummeting-price-nationwide-drop-violent-crime/474/ 85 comments politics
- Bike Lane Backlash, Even in Portland http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2011/09/portland-bike-lanes-open-racial-wounds/138/#.Tnito_-8rW4.reddit 35 comments bicycling