by Nicole Rupersburg | Feb 23, 2016 | Smart Cities
This profile was originally published by Urban Innovation Exchange in partnership with Meeting of the Minds and Kresge Foundation. For more stories of people changing cities, visit UIXCities.com and follow @UIXCities. Leslie Smith, President and CEO of EPIcenter...
by Gary Reiter | Feb 17, 2016 | Smart Cities
In September of 2015, the Bolloré Group, among the world’s 500 largest companies, launched BlueIndy, a revolutionary 100% electric self-service car sharing service in Indianapolis. After complete implementation, 200 Stations with 500 available cars will be located...
by Nicole Rupersburg | Feb 16, 2016 | Smart Cities
This profile was originally published by Urban Innovation Exchange in partnership with Meeting of the Minds and Kresge Foundation. For more stories of people changing cities, visit UIXCities.com and follow @UIXCities. Over 10 years of working in community development...
by David Capelli | Feb 16, 2016 | Smart Cities
Miami-Dade County recently announced that the Miami –Dade Public Works Department and Miami-Dade Transit Department merged into one new department: The Department of Public Works and Transportation. (DTPW). This bold move by County Mayor Carlos Gimenez is a...
by John Addison | Feb 10, 2016 | Smart Cities
Five states top Grid Modernization Index About half of all new electricity generating capacity in the United States now comes from renewables such as wind energy and solar power; coal use is at a 30 year low. A modern grid is a priority as we shift from large dirty...
by Nicole Rupersburg | Feb 9, 2016 | Smart Cities
This profile was originally published by Urban Innovation Exchange in partnership with Meeting of the Minds and Kresge Foundation. For more stories of people changing cities, visit UIXCities.com and follow @UIXCities. Jose Corona, the Director of Equity &...
by Rafael Gomez, Andre Isakov & Matt Semansky | Feb 9, 2016 | Smart Cities
Municipal governments like to court big, headline-generating corporations to their jurisdictions. But truly strong and vibrant cities are built from the bottom up, one shop at a time. Big business and the promise of urban growth Ikea is coming back to Halifax, Nova...
by Amy Leung | Feb 8, 2016 | Smart Cities
If there was any doubt in your mind about the onslaught of climate change to our survival on this planet, the Paris Agreement of 2015 provides strong consensus that the problem is very real. It demands the immediate and collective action of governments, the private...
by Werner Maritz | Feb 3, 2016 | Smart Cities
The world is watching – 10 Game Changing Characteristics Globally city managers are faced with an ever-increasing city population and a decrease in financial and human resources to deliver adequate services across the city region. The challenge of ensuring the...
by Nicole Rupersburg | Feb 2, 2016 | Smart Cities
This profile was originally published by Urban Innovation Exchange in partnership with Meeting of the Minds and Kresge Foundation. For more stories of people changing cities, visit UIXCities.com and follow @UIXCities. There is no denying that gun violence is a public...
by Lili Pike & CC Huang | Feb 1, 2016 | Smart Cities
In the lead up to last month’s historic Paris climate summit, China announced that it would “embark on a new pattern of urbanization.” With cities consuming three-quarters of the China’s energy, the fate of this initiative carries global significance. What will...
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