Austin Wu

Discussing the consequences of suburban migration and responding to a recently-published Star Tribune article.

This is a book review of Living Downtown, a book about the history of rooming houses and residential hotels i…

Considering quonsets as one response to contemporary housing issues in the Midway and beyond

Federal rollbacks on bike and pedestrian funding expose the weaknesses of Minnesota's fragmented transportati…

With the uncertainty of federal funding, Minnesota has an opportunity to step up and provide local funding fo…

Minnesota's suburban "donut" has devoured resources, jobs and hospitals - deepening decline in both rural tow…

In the days leading up to the 2024 Michigan-Texas football game, significant activity and price fluctuations …

A recent opinion piece about the development challenges in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood misses a few key po…

To provide relief from a housing crash which was part of the Great Depression, and to ensure future stability…

Many months ago, when writing about land that the City of Iowa City had recently purchased near Oak Grove Par…

Using public trains and buses while visiting cities can enhance your experience Over the past couple of years…

In 2009, a minor controversy in a mid-sized town in Indiana involving two homosexual penguins was resolved wh…

In my last article about the benefits of boosting urban populations in older northern cities in the East and …

When what is now downtown Bellingham was initially platted in the mid-1800s, it is likely that little conside…

Only thing weirder than "keeping [X] weird" is accepting shrinking cities Recently, there has been some optim…

Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgements to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds,…

A few months ago now, I talked with a representative from the National Agricultural Aviation Association, whi…

On the whole, 2022 was not a bad year for intercity passenger rail service in the northwest.

Editorial Fellow | Austin Wu A few weeks ago I received what is a high-water mark in my short writing career …

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to talk with Mike Barnhart and Kelzye Bedwell of the local nonprofit H…

One of the sources used by Alexander Rapp in mapping out old public transit routes in eastern Iowa: an ad for…

The magazine of the League of American Bicyclists (http://www.bikeleague.org), the grassroots, people-powered…

When commenting on the recent purchase of land for a potential passenger rail station, Iowa City Manager Geof…

A few weeks ago, it was reported that three residential properties were purchased by the city of Iowa City fo…