Alexandra Kanik is a data reporter for City Monitor. Previously, she worked as a data reporter and interactive developer for Louisville Public Media and as a data reporter and web developer for PublicSource in Pittsburgh. She lives in Spokane.
The president has called for universal broadband access in the US. There's still a long way to go, and the government's own data understates inequities in internet infrastructure.
City Monitor's new interactive tool allows you to compare sector-based employment within a single US metro area over time.
Covid-era membership campaigns helped Citi Bike and Santander Cycles recover from springtime lows, a City Monitor analysis shows.
Along with the major cities, Biden made progress in midsize and small metro areas. The biggest swings in the vote occurred in more densely populated counties.
City Monitor's 2020 Housing Security Index finds that in the UK, urban areas with dwindling social-housing stock and increasing home cost-to-income ratios face the biggest risks from Covid-19.
Explore local-authority data related to UK housing security in our interactive index.
The idea is to prevent evictions before they happen by pushing landlords to negotiate. One of the biggest hurdles is ensuring residents know how to access it.
City Monitor's Housing Security Index finds that in the US, metros with high shares of jobs in accommodation and food service face some of the biggest challenges due to Covid-19.
Explore metro-area data related to US housing security in our interactive index.
Offering free or reduced memberships broke down barriers to cycling.
A newly created database is a good start but nowhere near enough.
City Monitor analysed the past three years of general-fund budgets from US cities that have seen major or noteworthy protests in 2020.
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