by MarySue Barrett | Mar 31, 2014 | Smart Cities
Here’s a basic recipe for a vibrant, livable global city: take an extensive transit system and locate jobs, homes, and multiple amenities nearby. Now consider New York and Chicago, which have bragging rights as the top one and two biggest U.S. transit systems. Which...
by Nir Buras | Mar 24, 2014 | Smart Cities
Since World War Two, urban planning and architecture has destroyed more good, urban fabric than the war itself. Architects, planners, artists, and cultural leaders wholeheartedly believed in “Less Is More”, “Form Follows Function”, “Architecture of Our Times”, and...
by Russ Vanos, Jesse Berst and Jason Zogg | Mar 18, 2014 | Smart Cities
We recently hosted a conversation about how the smart cities movement is gaining more momentum with city leaders, planners, businesses, NGOs and consumers engaging in meaningful conversations about sustainable cities and thriving communities. Our goal was to move...
by Dave Hahn | Mar 18, 2014 | Announcements
On February 24th, 2014, Jessie Feller — Managing Director of Meeting of the Minds — discussed connected mobility options with Michael Samoza, CEO and founder of GottaPark, and Ben Stanley, Global Automotive Lead of IBM Institute of Business Value. The session was part...
by Anne Schwieger | Mar 18, 2014 | Smart Cities
March 12 marked the 25th anniversary of the creation of the World Wide Web by Sir Tim Berners Lee. The web has enabled people around the globe to innovate in ways previously unimagined, collaborate with ease across oceans, and spur revolution. Imagine explaining the...
by Jeff Caldwell | Mar 17, 2014 | Smart Cities
As the population continues to grow and environmental concerns move increasingly to the forefront of public knowledge, more and more communities are looking for outdoor spaces that are both beautiful and sustainable. That’s why sustainable parks are such a big trend...
by Frank Teng | Mar 11, 2014 | Mobility, Technology
It seems like you can’t turn a corner without encountering a tech company tackling a mobility challenge these days. The CEO of Zappos Tony Hsieh moved their corporate headquarters from the suburbs to downtown Las Vegas and, in a reversal from the Silicon Valley tech...
by Shaina Kandel | Mar 11, 2014 | Smart Cities
The phrase “stakeholder engagement” does not exist in Spanish. And yet, in January of 2014, a group of 12 MBA and MPA students from Presidio Graduate School, myself being one of them, traveled to Santiago for a stakeholder engagement project, focusing on Chile’s...
by Lauren Pisano | Mar 10, 2014 | Smart Cities
Armed with nothing other than a longing to deepen my understanding of American food culture, sustainable farming and the steps needed to facilitate a food system change in an urban community, I drove solo from Virginia to California over a 3-month period. I needed to...
by Dave Hahn | Mar 4, 2014 | Announcements
Sue Zielinski, Managing Director of SMART at University of Michigan, is currently in San Francisco and would like to meet with people who are willing to contribute some of their knowledge and wisdom to our study on Accessibility Metrics. We can try to schedule...
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