Atlas Urbium

When essential workers cannot afford to live near their jobs, cities fracture. A policy guide drawn from Paris, Barcelona, and American metros on aligning housing, wages, and transit to keep nurses, teachers, and service workers close to the communities that need them.

Two concrete scars bisect the heart of New Orleans. A radical plan to remove the Claiborne and Pontchartrain expressways could heal the wounds of mid-century urban planning—or repeat its mistakes.