by Nick Nigro | Dec 20, 2018 | Governance, Mobility
Over 112 million Americans still live in a county that does not meet the ozone standards under the Clean Air Act, a multi-decade long effort to reduce the harmful effects of air pollution on human health and the environment (see the map below). These populations,...
by Shekar Gupta | Dec 18, 2018 | Infrastructure, Society, Technology
As global urbanization continues, resources will become strained. Healthcare won’t be able to keep up. Energy demands will outpace current capacity. Where will everyone work? How can governments facilitate an environment that’s conducive to economic growth? It is...
by Kayla Matthews | Dec 17, 2018 | Infrastructure
The number of smart streetlights that will be installed in cities across the world will reach nearly 73 million by 2026, according to forecasts from Navigant research. The most recent Smart City Tracker report from the group contains smart city initiatives from 221...
by Anthony Flint | Dec 13, 2018 | Governance, Smart Cities, Society
In any community we like to think of safe, affordable housing as something everyone deserves. But today in hot market cities from San Francisco to Boston, housing is out of reach. According to data from The Warren Group, the median single-family home sales price in...
by Sherrie Totoki and Sara Chandler | Dec 12, 2018 | Resources, Society
California recently became the second state to pass a 100% clean energy standard, three years after Hawaii passed a similar law. As the fifth largest economy in the world, California has a tall order to fill in terms of making the transition to clean energy. How can...
by Kelly Rodgers | Dec 11, 2018 | Infrastructure, Society
Transportation is so much more than mobility. Transportation systems drive economic investment, facilitate active living, provide access to opportunity (or present a barrier to it), and are a key contributor to environmental and human health. Yet our transportation...
by Jennifer Judd Hinrichs | Dec 9, 2018 | Environment, Resources
Whether you live in a town with a single main street or a megacity, the trees and green space in your larger neighborhood are key to the economic, human and environmental health of you and your community. The presence, or absence, of a thriving urban forest has a...
by Dana Kawaoka-Chen | Dec 6, 2018 | Governance, Society
In 8th grade, a passage in my Richmond, CA district-issued U.S. History textbook read: “During World War II, Japanese Americans were interned for their safety.” As someone whose entire paternal family was incarcerated without due process, I knew this statement to be...
by Kate O'Brien, Senior Writer for Meeting of the Minds | Dec 5, 2018 | Global Mobility Research
This month Senior Writer Kate O’Brien spoke by phone with Dr. Herrie Schalekamp, ACET (African Centre of Excellence in Transport) Research Officer at the University of Cape Town’s Centre for Transport Studies. Since 2008 Dr. Schalekamp has been involved at the Centre...
by DianeJonesAllen | Dec 4, 2018 | Environment, Mobility
Transportation infrastructure is a significant part of the landscape and shapes human settlement. Transportation is about place, shaping place, and getting from one place to another. Climate adaptation is also about place, and how populations deal with the extreme...
by Joyce Coffee | Dec 3, 2018 | Environment, Society
Even as we work tirelessly and in the face of great obstacles to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, humans have already set in motion impacts from climate change — many of which we’re witnessing in real time: more frequent and intense storms, flooding, sea level...
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