Emily Badger

To understand a messy problem, The Times needed to look at the city from a different perspective, one where garbage sits at the foreground.

On a scale not seen in decades, many Americans are stuck in homes they would rather leave.

Chicago reversed the flow of a river. Boston put a highway underground. And New York, well, came close to enacting congestion pricing.

The retreat by the police coincided with a surge in reckless driving and a rise in road fatalities.

Areas with good data often have policy debates that are not possible in places with poor data.

It’s a quiet force that contributes to a sameness across the country and to climate change.

New York and cities across the country reconsider decades-old parking rules.

There’s a powerful but obscure force operating in New York and elsewhere: the parking minimum.

One economic question that really matters in an election year: Are others doing better than you?

A huge drop in 2023 has been followed by an even greater improvement so far this year.