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Zach Patton

Executive Editor

Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism for his GOVERNING story on economic cutbacks in Colorado Springs. He has served as an editor since 2010, and as Executive Editor since 2012.

When you think of charming sidewalk cafes and bistros, adorable patisseries and streets lined with colorful awnings and pots overflowing with flowers, you're thinking of ...
Streetsblog has an interesting comparison of recent developments in bike laws in Chicago and L.A. In Chicago, an extremely bike-friendly city (which we've written ...
The war over water in the Southeast is reaching new levels of absurdity time-wasting hostility. Two Georgia lawmakers have introduced a bill to move their ...
Building the 30-mpg city bus. Seattle P-I blog Milwaukee Co., Wisc.: Bike racks on buses cancel out asbestos. Journal-Sentinel Got a Heads Up for us? ...
Walking home during yesterday afternoon's fierce 30-mph winds, I had a moment of excitement. I had my first opportunity to use DC's newly revamped 311 system!
Rudy Giuliani still hasn't posed for his mayoral portrait. NYDN Boston T chief says system is "broke," despite recent fare hikes. Globe TX ...
Do you live in the nation's "Disaster Belt"? USA Today VA delegate's obit: In lieu of flowers, give to Obama. AP Yeah, somehow ...
Mexico City has launched a new experiment aimed at reducing physical harrassment of women on its crowded transit system: women-only buses and trains. Single-gender transit ...
Happy Abraham Lincoln's Birthday, everybody! If you're a state employee in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Illinois or Missouri, today's a state holiday for you! ...
Just how transformative can greenspace be in revitalizing a blighted urban area? The Onion offers its take: Notorious for its abandoned buildings, industrial warehouses, and ...