Here are three ways Singapore - named the top smart city in a surbey - is using technology to transform the lives and wellbeing of its citizens (2023)
The Canadian city wants to get right what Sidewalk Labs got so wrong. (2022)
Austin is a mediocre city, but a great place to live. Since I moved to town, a bunch of people have asked me, “What’s up with Austin?” This ... (2022)
Introducing "superblocks." "In 2016, I wrote a brief story on “superblocks,” a hot new urban-planning idea out of Barcelona, Spain, that would r... (2019)
SimCity just turned 30. It has introduced millions of players to the joys and frustrations of zoning, street grids and infrastructure funding. For ... (2019)
Urban leaders need to kick the incentive habit and take a more inclusive approach to growing local economies. (2019)
In the midst of a mounting rental crisis, the city is still unable to enforce rules that would limit ghost hotels. (2019)
Le Phare would stand 65-stories high in Sainte-Foy, an old, low-lying suburb of the historic city. (2019)
As agricultural areas are snatched up and transformed into new housing developments, one farmer keeps fighting. (2019)
London launches new 5-year Cycling Action Plan. Interview with Will Norman, London's cycling and walking commissioner. (2018)
After a storm of community resistance, the tech giant has reversed its plans to build a new campus in the city’s trendy Kreuzberg district. (2018)
A new bill would let cities charge drivers for using the road. Will local governments jump at the chance? (2018)
Other areas, not so much. (2018)
The widespread failure of American mass transit is usually blamed on cheap gas and suburban sprawl. But the full story of why other countries succe... (2018)
A newly elected center-right party could put the province in ideological opposition to its biggest city, a left-leaning metropolis with a mayor tha... (2018)
A new report confirms that the U.S. lags behind the rest of the world in mass transit. (2018)
New investment will support pilot projects in Detroit; Long Beach, California; Miami; San Jose, California; and Pittsburgh (2018)
In Pontevedra, the usual soundtrack of a Spanish city has been replaced by the tweeting of birds and the chatter of humans (2018)
Turns out there’s a lot of latent demand for a quick and cheap way to get around. (2018)
American cities rely on car-related fees to fund public transit. But driverless cars might not need to park or fill up on gas—causing the system to... (2018)
Behavioral psychologist Ingrid Gehl influenced much of the thinking of her husband, the celebrated urbanist Jan Gehl. Imagine if all designers were... (2018)
Basic comparisons of population growth rates don’t tell the whole story, and they misrepresent important questions about where people really want t... (2018)
“But, there is a downside to Miami’s urban revival: Its recent economic boom has generated a New Urban Crisis born from its very success. Compared ... (2018)
Instead of limiting scooters, officials should rebuild infrastructure with their riders in mind. Because a city made for scooters is a city made fo... (2018)
An architect immerses himself in residential production housing to learn why people like it—and what it can teach Americans about the future of urb... (2018)
But can they succeed despite their essential dorkiness? Should You Ride an Electric Scooter? ... (2018)
With two out of three trips on transit served by buses in Miami, the continued dismantling of the bus system is alarming and misguided. (2018)
It’s not a death spiral—at least, not yet. Examples abound of how city leaders can turn the numbers around... (2018)
Technology is changing cities as we know them. From sensors that track pedestrians and control street lights, to the ways local governments deliver... (2018)
Talk of the transportation future is focused on the next shiny thing. But one old technology is central to real transformation... (2018)
How Chicago Solves its Overheating Problem (2024)
Is it really possible to fix Dubai? (2023)
How Singapore Solved Housing (2022)
VICE News Published on Sep 11, 2017 Perennially perched at or near the top of lists of America’s most expensive and affluent cities, San Franci... (2019)
Tokyo is the most successful metropolis in the history of the world with 39 million residents, 50% more people than any other urban area. It is the... (2019)
Where is the world's most liveable city? The Economist Intelligence Unit has ranked 140 cities based on their liveability. Melbourne, Australia, ha... (2019)
The mall was America’s third place — for better or for worse. Our lives are lived in 1 of 3 places, the home, ... (2018)
Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians. Read ... (2018)
Vox Published on Jul 19, 2017 Hidden parking rules hurt our cities. Will Chilton and Paul Mackie of Mobility Lab explain. The cities we liv... (2018)
The Economist Published on Feb 1, 2018 Wooden skyscrapers are an ambitious and innovative solution to the problems posed by urbanisation. Not... (2018)
More than half of the world's population already lives in cities, and another 2.5 billion people are projected to move to urban areas by 2050. The ... (2018)
This episode of the a16z Podcast — including city of Dallas councilmember Lee Kleinman, chairman of their Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and S... (2018)
American drivers park for free on nearly ninety-nine percent of their car trips, and cities require developers to provide ample off-street parking ... (2018)