by Laetitia Mailhes | Jun 28, 2018 | Governance, Resources
The city of Guimarães is the cradle of Portugal. Nestled in the North of the country, the ancient royal capital was selected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. It was also designated as the European Capital of Culture for 2012, among other distinctions. Just as...
by Jim Aloisi | Jun 27, 2018 | CommonWealth Series
This is the second article in a two part series by Jim Aloisi – read part I here. Massachusetts state and municipal decision makers must push a reset button and develop a template for a more comprehensive and robust regulatory framework that will guide the...
by Eric Gordon and Gabe Mugar | Jun 26, 2018 | Governance, Society
We are working to understand how organizations using media and technology to build trust, can do so in this age of misinformation, fake news, and distrust. How can public serving organizations (government, news, and community groups) build trust with their...
by Michael Kleeman | Jun 21, 2018 | Mobility, Society
In 1913 the first mass produced automobiles went down the Ford assembly line in Highland Park, Michigan. The large-scale introduction of motor vehicles triggered changes in a large and complex system that ultimately transformed not just transportation, but our sense...
by Jim Aloisi | Jun 20, 2018 | CommonWealth Series, Mobility
Editor’s note: This is part one of a two part series. Ride-hailing apps are a disruptive auto-centric technology Advocacy is what like-minded people do, usually in an organized fashion, to effect change in the way government or public policy impacts their lives....
by Michael T. Burr and Jeffrey Domanski | Jun 13, 2018 | Governance, Infrastructure
When community leaders consider investments in sustainability, resilience, and smart infrastructure, they face a dilemma. Immediate priorities drive a focus on meeting short-term needs, but strategic objectives often require a big-picture outlook. Illustrative...
by David Hicks | Jun 12, 2018 | Governance, Technology
When it’s time to prove out CAV and IoT technologies, devices and platforms for autonomous vehicles, wireless networks and intelligent traffic systems, how do you partner with a city? Whose infrastructure, city streets and citizenry are ready and willing to...
by Jon Feather | Jun 7, 2018 | Smart Cities
Life is unpredictable and we don’t always know what factors will have the most impact on our communities. One big exception, however, is demographic change. Anyone involved in planning or running a smart, sustainable city knows (or should know) that a defining feature...
by Nicole Rupersburg | Jun 6, 2018 | Global Mobility Research
For the past four years, Diane E. Davis, a Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, has worked at the Project Director for Transporting...
by Ignasi Vilajosana | Jun 5, 2018 | Society, Technology
Growing awareness of the devastating impacts of climate change is adding a new angle to urban infrastructure and resource-management; urban authorities are facing pressure from both the bottom and the top – from both their citizens and supranational bodies...
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