New Ask Google Earth feature allows users to see everything from the number of stop signs to storm drains in a city.

You can learn a lot about a city by walking its sidewalks. Not its skyline, not its master plan renderings. Its sidewalks. Do they invite you in — or inch you toward the gutter? Are they buffered, ...

Portland’s elected watchdog on Wednesday warned that years of poorly maintained roads, parks and other public assets now pose a staggering financial liability for the city and threaten to deepen ...