Brooks Rainwater

The simplest way to reduce transportation emissions is making it easier to not drive. And even in places wher…

In my post-vaccinated state, I recently reentered the world of travel with a trip from Washington, D.C., to N…

In America’s largest cities, new programs to boost public space and housing are among the most prevalent and …

Cities throughout time have faced challenges, vast changes, and civil strife, but our future-much like our pa…

America has become a tale of two vastly different places economically, culturally, geographically and politic…

America's cities are hurting. Our nation is battling the twin challenges of a public health crisis precipitat…

When Andrew Yang dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary in February, he had no way of knowing tha…

During coronavirus, we have seen some of the most egregious examples of states overriding local efforts to pr…

Escalated efforts to get homeless and unsheltered people off the streets during coronavirus can serve us long…

Brooks Rainwater is a Senior Executive at National League of Cities. In these topsy-turvy times of rapid tran…

Social isolation is a proven killer. With loneliness being linked to a 26% increase in premature death, the d…

When asked what they like most about a city they have visited, almost no one answers: "The cars whizzing by o…

If you're worried about the teetering fate of American democracy because of what's happening at the national …

Hearing the words "stable" and "government" together can be a little hard to believe with everything going on…

Cars contribute an outsize portion of the carbon emissions pushing us closer toward cataclysmic climate chang…

Bozeman, Montana, needs 1,500 housing units, right now. And it's projected to need over 6,000 by 2023. With u…

From housing and economic development, to the environment and demographics, mayors are focused on the issues …

The state of America's cities is not uniform, but rather reflects the patchwork quilt of innovation and excit…

Brooks Rainwater Contributor Share on Twitter Brooks Rainwater is the director of the Center for City Solutio…

Everyone complains about traffic. It takes too long to get where you need to go, and no one can provide a rea…

In February, FedEx unveiled its SameDay Bot , a robot capable of replacing a pizza delivery driver by bringin…

In response, a growing number of politicians, social scientists, and even tech entrepreneurs- with names like…