American Cities Have a Data Problem

American cities are broken, but it can seem nearly impossible to understand why. To understand the data that describes your city, it needs to be visually clear in a way that anybody could understand.

Feb 03, 2026

Municipal governments often don’t understand themselves very well. Decision makers are flying blind because they can’t see the data that should be driving their decision-making. That’s why telling a visual story with your data is so important. The data that backs up decisions should be shown in a way that even a 6th grader could understand. Without that level of clarity, government transparency to the average person becomes elusive.