All articles by Aisha Majid
Aisha Majid
The downsides of being a tech hub: Housing disruption and inequality
San Francisco, Seattle and Dublin show what happens when a city becomes a global hotspot for tech jobs without planning to accommodate growth and change.
Is there a way to pandemic-proof public transportation funding?
Covid-19 exposed a number of flaws in the way most cities pay for mass transit. There are changes that transport agencies can make to be better prepared for a crisis.
In the UK, the pandemic is making it harder to tackle geographic inequality
Government efforts to level up England’s north and Midlands regions will now be four times more difficult, according to a new report.
Two mass transit systems, two very different 2020 outcomes: Seoul vs San Francisco
San Francisco has seen ridership fall 90%. In Seoul, passenger numbers have held up much better. To what extent can local policy choices prior to and during the pandemic explain the difference?
Unemployment hit large US cities hard, but they may have advantages in recovery
An analysis shows the largest US metro areas have been slower to recover the jobs they’ve lost since March.
The Covid-19 pandemic has complicated the UK’s north-south divide
An analysis of economic data shows unemployment rose first in northern cities, then surged in better-off southern ones. There’s no one-size-fits-all explanation why some have suffered more than others.