Commentary and Analysis

Samuel Kling examines the governability of urban areas in times of riots and pandemics.

As city leaders move beyond coping with the COVID-19 crisis to imagining the future, how to move—literally—poses a challenge.

Samuel Kling, Global Cities Fellow at the Council, takes a minute to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on big cities and how cities can benefit from high density in a pandemic.

In October, I visited Seoul with a delegation of Chicago Council Emerging Leaders on a Korea Foundation-funded trip led by Karl Friedhoff, the Council’s Korea specialist.

Urban transportation options abound, and on this segment, we talk about many of them with Sam Kling, global cities fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Transportation and urban planning expert Sam Kling joins the Morning Shift to share his recommendations for how the incoming Lightfoot administration can change the parking meter deal.

The meter deal requires the city to maintain a vast, costly supply of on-street parking in central areas, even as demand for such parking progressively weakens.

Pedestrian deaths are at their highest rate in nearly 30 years, according to a new report issued by the Governors Highway Safety Association.

The product of a three-year effort, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's On to 2050 plan stresses big ideas but tells a more modest story.

Cities around the world are preparing for the massive disruption of autonomous vehicles. What are some of the opportunities and risks? Here's what you should know.