by John Addison | Jul 30, 2018 | Resources, Society
One hundred U.S. cities have committed to 100 percent renewable energy (RE); some smaller cities have already achieved 100 percent. Renewables are growing in all 50 states. Most of these cities are overcoming opposition from powerful utilities; federal prioritizing of...
by Ana Feder | Jul 26, 2018 | Governance, Smart Cities, Society
Current mediatised depictions of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ would have us place this phenomenon in a border fence, raft on the sea or at a makeshift camp. However, this is only the beginning of the story. Paradoxically, some people risk it all in treacherous...
by Laura Jay | Jul 25, 2018 | Governance
The United States is in an awkward position. We spearheaded an ambitious global climate agreement in Paris and then immediately elected a president who has withdrawn us from that same agreement. As the world’s second greatest emitter of carbon emissions per capita,...
by Jennifer Gardner and Sharon Roerty | Jul 24, 2018 | Infrastructure, Society
More than ever, we need our public spaces—those places that belong to everyone, regardless of who they are, where they’re from, or how young, old, or able they are—to work for us. We need places like Folkets Park in Copenhagen, where colorful, creative play equipment...
by John Addison | Jul 23, 2018 | Infrastructure, Resources
In 2012, Superstorm Sandy inundated New York, financial capital of the world, with a 13-foot storm surge. Three hundred lives were lost, streets and subways flooded, some were forced to wait months before returning to their homes, and $75 billion was lost in damages....
by Bob Bennett | Jul 19, 2018 | Governance, Society
My Silicon Valley was actually comprised of bits of Silicon – desert sand – about 40 miles south of Mosul, Iraq. In early 2004, I was part of the Army’s first Stryker Brigade, a wheeled force that featured a tactical internet with digital communications liberally...
by Matt Cole | Jul 17, 2018 | Mobility, Technology
The concept of Mobility as a Service (or MaaS) is well known in the transit industry. Generally understood as a vision of transportation that involves the integration of various forms and modes of transit, MaaS has been the subject of a heated debate for the last few...
by Lily Song | Jul 16, 2018 | Global Mobility Research
From June 26th to 28th 2018, urban transport and development practitioners, activists, and researchers from cities around the world convened in Dar es Salaam for the 3rd annual ITDP Mobilize summit. Themed “Making space for mobility in booming cities,” the event...
by Wendy Landman, Senior Policy Advisor, WalkBoston | Jul 12, 2018 | CommonWealth Series
WalkBoston has been talking about transit as the middle leg of a walking trip for many years. We understand that even the most avid walker or walking advocate knows that many trips are too long to make a single-mode-walk trip possible. Now, the transit and active...
by Duke Reiter | Jul 10, 2018 | Governance, Resources
I have spent more than twenty years living and working in two cities whose very existence is challenged: New Orleans and Phoenix. In each case, water is the significant source of skepticism as to whether inhabitation can persist in its present form under such...
by Lily Song | Jul 9, 2018 | Global Mobility Research
Two weeks ago — June 26th to 28th, 2018 — urban transport and development practitioners, activists, and researchers from cities around the world convened in Dar es Salaam for the 3rd annual ITDP Mobilize summit. Themed “Making space for mobility in booming cities,”...
by John Addison | Jul 5, 2018 | Resources, Society
Cities committed to 100 percent Renewable Energy Hundreds of U.S. cities have committed to 100 percent renewable energy (RE). Cities already achieving 100 percent include Burlington, Vermont, Aspen, Colorado, Greensburg, Kansas, and Rock Port, Missouri. In these...
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