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a collection of articles and resources looking at The Challenge of Affordable Housing in Fast-Growing Urban Centers
A collection of resources about cities and drinking water, exploring the interplay between rivers, groundwater, water policy, and climate change. Key themes include urban water management, sustainable practices, policy frameworks, and the impact of climate variability on water quality and availability.
A collection of resources about China’s economic development, infrastructure, and urbanism, this compilation explores the transformative changes in China’s economy over the past few decades. It provides a comprehensive overview of key themes such as rapid urbanization, the role of infrastructure in economic growth, and the impact of government p...
Land value tax - idea to reform taxes to improve cities, Affordable Housing
a collection of articles and resources looking at The Challenge of Affordable Housing in Fast-Growing Urban Centers
a collection of articles and resources looking Taxes, Affordable Housing, and Fast-Growing Urban Centers
San Francisco - government, policy issues
San Francisco and the Challenge of Affordable Housing in Fast-Growing Urban Centers
articles and videos looking at drones, ai and military applications
A collection of articles about The Underline project in Miami - real estate, development, park
a collection of articles about Uber - and public transportation systems, policy, cities
Outsourcing, Near-shoring - Globalization and Supply Chains, Logistics and global shipping
a collection of articles and videos about Bike and Scooter Sharing (businesses)
Shippo - Supply Chains, Logistics and global shipping
A collection of articles and videos looking at blockchain technology in logistics
a collection of articles and resources looking at Ride-Sharing Apps (Uber, Lyft, others)
a collection of articles about Uber - business model and strategy
a collection of articles and ideas about Supply Chains, Logistics and global shipping
A collection of articles and videos looking at technology in logistics
articles and videos looking at the potential of using drones for delivery of goods
electric bikes, bicycle sharing, and other plans that cities are doing to get people biking
A collection of articles and videos looking at technology in logistics
a collection of articles and videos about Self-driving autonomous vehicles: Cities and Policy Issues
A collection about Train transportation - in the USA
a collection of articles and videos about Bike and Scooter Sharing (businesses)
a collection of articles and videos about Bird and Scooter Sharing (businesses)
a collection of articles and videos about San Francisco and Bike and Scooter Sharing - Policy, City Design
a collection of articles and videos about electric bikes and scooters
a collection of articles about Bicycle - safety, bike lanes
International - Home Delivery companies- Transportation, Frieght, Logistics and Technology

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Article

This Is Why Your Holiday Travel Is Awful - POLITICO

The long, sordid history of New York’s Penn Station shows how progressives have made it too hard for the government to do big things—and why, belie... (2021)


Article

Opinion | California Is Making Liberals Squirm - The New York Times

If progressivism can’t work there, why should the country believe it can work anywhere else? (2021)


Article

Want a Better Bus System? Here's Where to Start. - CityLab

Why the Bus Got So Bad, and How to Save It JOHN SURICO OCT 10, 2019 TransitCenter’s Steven Higashide has created a how-to guide to help city... (2019)


Article

Why Is American Mass Transit So Bad? It's a Long Story - CityLab

Streetcar, bus, and metro systems have been ignoring one lesson for 100 years: Service drives demand. (2019)


Article

Check Out the Cheaper, Greener Future of France’s High-Speed Trains - CityLab

Take a look at the trains that will modernize France’s rail fleet and prepare the national provider to take on its first-ever competitors. (2019)


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Why Public Transportation Works Better Outside the U.S. - CityLab

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)


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Road makers turn to recycled plastic for tougher surfaces - The Economist

OF ALL the plastic produced since the 1950s, less than 10% has been recycled. The vast majority ends up being dumped, most of it in landfill. Some ... (2018)


Article

Can this new privately funded train reshape transit in Florida? - Fast Company

Most transit in America is run by the government. In car-swamped south Florida, Brightline is trying a different model, with its high-speed trains ... (2018)


Article

The Stark (and Hopeful) Facts About Bus Ridership - CityLab

It’s not a death spiral—at least, not yet. Examples abound of how city leaders can turn the numbers around... (2018)


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If You Want to Save Your City, Fall in Love With the Bus | CityLab

Talk of the transportation future is focused on the next shiny thing. But one old technology is central to real transformation... (2018)


Article

A chance to transform urban planning - The new autopia - The Economist

How autonomous vehicles will reshape cities "MODERN CITIES, PARTICULARLY in America, are habitats for cars as much as people, devoting huge amou... (2018)


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How AI is spreading throughout the supply chain - In algorithms we trust

AI is making companies swifter, cleverer and leaner "DELIVERING 25 PACKAGES by lorry or van might seem straightforward enough, but it is devilis... (2018)


Article

A Former Chicago Project Will Become A Museum Dedicated To Public Housing

The space will tell the stories of three families who once lived in the building, and host events to engage visitors in much-needed discussions aro... (2018)


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With Fungi in the Mix, Concrete Can Fill Its Own Cracks | Innovation | Smithsonian

Adding fungus might be one way to endow concrete with the ability to repair any damage, without the need for human intervention "Infrastructure ... (2018)


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Modernising Brazil’s waste-picking trade - Swipe right to recycle

EVERY night Gabriel Cazuza drags his two-wheeled, metal-framed carroça through the streets of São Paulo collecting aluminium, paper, cardboard and ... (2017)


Article

Mercedes Plans More Drone Deliveries After 100 Perfect Flights

Mercedes-Benz, conducting the biggest test using drones to ship everyday items like ground coffee and cellphones, said the mini aircraft completed ... (2017)


Article

Shanghai Metro vs New York City Subway - Brilliant Maps

Map credit to Robert Schwandl at UrbanRail.net for the Shanghai and New York MapsThe map above shows the difference in growth between the Shanghai ... (2025)


Article

Virgin Hyperloop hits an important milestone: the first human passenger test

The hyperloop has finally carried human passengers. Virgin Hyperloop conducted a test in the desert outside Las Vegas, with two people traveling in... (2020)


Article

Why London’s Underground is in better post-pandemic shape than NYC’s subways

In both New York and London, core office districts have been empty for half a year. Both cities face a long, hard slog of recovery. But London has ... (2020)


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Miami’s Underline snags a $22M grant. Now its new phase can be built in Coral Gables. | Miami Herald

A $22 million federal grant means all funding is in place to design and build a three-mile segment of the planned Underline through Coral Gables. A... (2019)


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5G: if you build it, we will fill it — Benedict Evans

What is 5G? Why do we care? How much faster does the pipe get? What can we do with a fatter pipe?  How does this relate to VR? Cars? Broadband? Wha... (2019)


Article

The War on Waze

Politicians cause traffic jams, scapegoat an app. (2018)


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Can cars and pedestrians safely share a Miami street? Wynwood will soon find out. | Miami Herald

Wynwood is slated to get Miami’s first “woonerf,” a Dutch-inspired street design in which cars, bikes and pedestrians share the pavement. City comm... (2018)


Article

A new unconventional co-working space is undercutting WeWork's membership fees by 80%

A new company is using under-utilized real estate to create makeshift offices for entrepreneurs. (2018)


Article

Engineering against all odds, or how NYC’s subway will get wireless in the tunnels | TechCrunch

Never ask a wireless engineer working on the NYC subway system “What can go wrong?” Flooding, ice, brake dust, and power outages relentlessly attac... (2018)


Article

Construction Costs: Metro Stations

It is relatively easy to come up with a database of urban rail lines and their construction costs per kilometer. Construction costs are public numb... (2018)


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Forecasting infrastructure investment needs for 50 countries, 7 sectors through 2040 | World Bank

The Global Infrastructure Outlook is a landmark country-based online tool and report developed by the Global Infrastructure Hub with Oxford Economi... (2017)


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France to invest €20bn in high-speed broadband for the entire country | ZDNet

French president François Hollande wants very high-speed broadband to reach every household in the country by 2023 - a plan that will need private ... (2017)


Article

California is changing its roads for self-driving cars

2017: Self-driving cars are a lot closer to reality than most people think. Auto makers are promising cars that won't need a human driver behind th... (2017)


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Changing Lanes: Watch Median Movers & Cone Collectors Rapidly Modify Roads

(podcast) 99% Invisible - From everyday lane switches to periodic construction detours, being able to modify lanes quickly, easily and safely with ... (2017)


Video

The Simple Genius of NYC’s Water Supply System

The Simple Genius of New York City’s Water Supply System (2022)


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Michigan Dam(s) Fail! Tittabawassee River.

Overview of the Boyce Hydro System and What we know so far. LINKS: Drone Footage (2020)


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Everything You Need to Know About 5G -- IEEE Spectrum

IEEE Spectrum Published on Feb 6, 2017 Millimeter waves, massive MIMO, full duplex, beamforming, and small cells are just a few of the technologi... (2018)


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The Sustainable Development Goals – Action Towards 2030 | CAFOD and SDGs

CAFOD Published on Aug 16, 2016 The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of Agenda 2030 Su... (2018)


Video

Superblocks: How Barcelona is taking city streets back from cars

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)


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7 principles for building better cities | Peter Calthorpe | TED

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)


Podcast

Nuclear power and America's clean energy future | On Point

President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill this week. Tucked into the plan includes the Biden administration's belief in the impo... (2021)


Podcast

a16z Podcast: All about Bike Sharing – Andreessen Horowitz

This episode of the a16z Podcast — including city of Dallas councilmember Lee Kleinman, chairman of their Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and S... (2018)


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