by Joshua Kagan | Feb 27, 2019 | Economy, Resources
To state the obvious: we are living in polarized times. The conversations around whether climate change is real, caused by humans, and how best to tackle it are as polarized in the United States as topics like tax cuts, abortion, and healthcare. I cannot profess to...
by Jake Mossawir | Feb 25, 2019 | Society
Some neighborhoods get pushed to the side, separated (figuratively and sometimes literally) from the heart of a city and left to face growing rates of crime, poverty, unemployment, or other harmful consequences. For too long, that was the story of the Oak Park...
by Bryan Stubbs | Feb 20, 2019 | Infrastructure, Resources
In recent years, Lake Erie had one of the greatest threats to its urban water supply: harmful algal blooms. This deep green gunk is a result of phosphorus-rich fertilizer runoff from farm fields. The runoff made Toledo, Ohio’s freshwater undrinkable for several days...
by Katie White | Feb 19, 2019 | Society
While pumping gas recently, my four-year-old son yelled out his open window “Look, Mom! An old lady is next to you!” You might perceive this interaction as unkind, or even rude. But in our house, old age is revered. With my relentless reframing of ageist messages and...
by Julie Lorenz | Feb 18, 2019 | Governance, Mobility, Smart Cities
Departments of Transportation are finding ways to get things done faster, cheaper, and better. The pace of improvement and modernization is accelerating. But can this be sustained? Building a culture of innovation may be the key to continuous improvement – and the top...
by Miriam McKinney | Feb 14, 2019 | Technology
Algorithms are enticing. Algorithms are fascinating. Algorithms are the “new and cool” tool for many of us. And algorithms can do a world of good. But algorithms can also be problematic. Let’s be honest with ourselves. All people have bias, all data have...
by Sheila Marquises | Feb 13, 2019 | Infrastructure, Mobility
The City of Fremont is a mid-sized suburban community with a population of 231,664 situated within the San Francisco Bay Area. Fremont is part of the Silicon Valley ecosystem and is global leader for innovation with 40 million square feet of industrial space. Modern...
by Matt Cole | Feb 12, 2019 | CommonWealth Series, Mobility
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) has now offered a vision for the future of transportation for several years. The ideas are ambitious: Providing travelers with the services they need to get from point A to point B under a single payment account;. Integrating disparate...
by Jeremy Devray-Benichou | Feb 11, 2019 | Governance
With limited resources and little room for failure, choosing the right procurement strategy has been crucial for US cities to stay ahead of the innovation curve. Standard procurement processes are restrictive. They take time and lack the flexibility required to change...
by Patrick Regan | Feb 7, 2019 | Governance, Resources
Cities today have to make difficult choices around urban adaptation. There are currently too many tasks, too many options, too many alternative scenarios for cities to “see” solutions without access to data. The Urban Adaptation Assessment (UAA) is a tool designed to...
by Thomas Hohenacker | Feb 6, 2019 | Infrastructure, Mobility
As cities look to plan for rapid population expansion, and to make the most out of their infrastructure, one of the first places they might focus on is parking. An increasing number of cities have started to eliminate minimum parking requirements for developers,...
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