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Urban Development

Eighty per cent of Canadians now live in cities. That has huge implications for the nature and quality of Canadians’ lives and livelihoods. How do we pay for and build successful cities? How do we remain connected to the rural areas that feed us and fuel our growth? How do we share the wealth?

One answer among many is that data journalism can help us make sense of our cities. In the midst of a highly politicized transportation referendum in Metro Vancouver in 2015, our award-winning Moving Forward project enabled more than 1.3 million people to access in-depth material that went behind the headlines. This is what we mean by public interest reporting.

Transit? Development? Public safety? Food systems?

What can reporting do to make your city better? Get in touch.

Business case: How the public realm and the urban economy go hand in hand

Christine McLaren
| September 21, 2015

Rebooting the 'burbs of San Jose, one urban village at a time

Christine McLaren
| September 21, 2015

Why a Wichita developer invests in public space before he even invests in a building

Christine McLaren
| September 21, 2015

How Portland's beloved food carts transform public space and ask, "What's next?"

Christine McLaren
| September 21, 2015

Is road pricing in Metro Vancouver’s future?

Erin Millar
, Caitlin Havlak | July 3, 2015
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Discourse Media project Moving Forward finalist in international data journalism awards

Christine McLaren
| June 5, 2015

No such thing as too small

Christine McLaren
| May 27, 2015

Schoolyards to playgrounds

Christine McLaren
| May 27, 2015

How Melbourne transformed its tiny laneways into a pedestrian mecca

Christine McLaren
| May 27, 2015

Sole Food

Christine McLaren
| May 27, 2015

Walkability: Creating great cities by putting pedestrians first

Christine McLaren
| May 27, 2015

Plan B

Christine McLaren
| May 27, 2015

Hidden assets: Creating public spaces in unlikely places

Christine McLaren
| May 27, 2015

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