Why did U.S. homicides spike in 2020 and then decline rapidly in 2023 and 2024?
In 2020, the average U.S. city experienced a surge in its homicide rate of almost 30%—the fastest spike ever recorded in the country.
The average U.S. city experienced a surge in its homicide rate of almost 30% in 2020. High homicide rates continued in 2021 and 2022, but declined rapidly in 2023 and 2024.
Rohit Acharya and Rhett Morris share how data can help explain these patterns of violence.
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Cities for choice in housing, neighborhood, transpo; universal access, opportunity & upward mobility.
Prof of Sustainable Development @SMU; Board of Directors Dallas Area Rapid Transit; Founder: THE.City & the American Dream
CNU envisions a world where cities, towns, and neighborhoods are intentionally designed and managed to foster community, preserve the natural environment, and improve the lives of all people.
Learn more: cnu.org
CNU 34: May 12-16, 2026! cnu.org/cnu34
An org with a mission to educate the public about the impact of parking policy on housing, climate, equity, and traffic.
https://parkingreform.org/
Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist.
📍Vancouver, BC
Using data and remastered historic photography to document the destruction of communities of color by redlining, urban renewal, freeways, and disinvestment; also highlighting solutions https://www.segregationbydesign.com/
Senior Fellow @ MIT Mobility Initiative & Contributing Writer @ Vox, focused on transport, cities and tech. Words in Atlantic, CityLab, WaPo, etc. https://linktr.ee/davidzipper
Newsletter, speaking and advisory work: http://davidzipper.com
Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrès ne vaut que s’il est partagé par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
Words in Streetsblog. Examining how we make passenger rail better (electric/modern) for NYU-Marron. Prev: NY Mag, NY Post-Metro, NYDN. Hook’em🤘. 🏳️🌈. Tips? bynolanhicks@gmail.com; Signal/WhatsApp.
Public transit planning consultant and commentator. Author of the book “Human Transit” and the blog HumanTransit.org. The consulting firm is jarrettwalker.com. Also obsessed with literature and plants.
I like trains and walkable neighborhoods.
https://linktr.ee/thetransitguy
Entrepreneur
Costplusdrugs.com
Reporter at ProPublica, author of FULFILLMENT and THE CYNIC, native of Pittsfield, resident of Baltimore.
Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
Urban planner, speaker, placemaker and professor of practice. Former NYC Parks Commissioner, Raleigh Chief Planning Officer and AICP & APA President. Passionate about people, planning, parks & public space.
Maximize opportunity and minimize injustice.
CRE, placemaking, transit, regionalism
Boards: WMATA, GGWash, District Bridges
Book: https://www.brookings.edu/books/hyperlocal/
Bio: https://www.brookings.edu/people/tracy-hadden-loh/
Freelance Urban Geographer and Master of Social and Anti-Social Sciences. A trains-trans in exile (from Maryland to South Holland). Learning Dutch.
Economic data scientist and author. Currently @ No10, formerly ONS & Bank. Book on nuclear fusion, 'The Star Builders', out now with S&S/W&N. Views my own.
Website: www.aeturrell.com
policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
