by Karen Lightman, Executive Director, Metro21 Smart Cities Institute | Mar 30, 2020 | Infrastructure, Technology
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, we are experiencing the largest telecommunity of all time. You might be one of the millions of employees working from home and conducting online meetings with colleagues via Zoom or GoToMeeting. Our elderly parents are FaceTiming...
by Anne Mellano, Founder of Bestmile | Mar 24, 2020 | Mobility
Advocates of autonomous mobility are looking forward to the day when zero-emission, shared autonomous vehicles deliver services that dramatically reduce urban congestion and pollution. But as the mass deployment of autonomous vehicles seems farther and farther off, it...
by Ann Berchtold, Director of Marketing and Communications at MIG, Inc. and David Malmuth, Partner at I.D.E.A. Partners, LLC | Mar 23, 2020 | Economy, Society
The San Diego Chapter of the American Planning Association, in partnership with MIG San Diego, recently launched a new program called SDAPA Better Buzz, a quarterly series designed to inspire creative thinking around integrated planning processes. The inaugural...
by Jim Creevy, VP U.S. Government Relations, ABB | Mar 17, 2020 | The Future of Cities Project
More than 80 percent of Americans live in cities, which consume more than two-thirds of the nation’s energy and account for up to 70 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Those figures are set to hold steady if not grow further, but the status quo for cities’...
by Melissa Guardaro, Assistant Research Professor in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University and Masavi Perea, Coalitions and Training Director for Chispa Arizona | Mar 16, 2020 | Environment, Society
Urban heat is a growing problem that impacts public health and the economy. In metropolitan Phoenix, the number of days above 110 degrees are projected to double by 2060. Extreme heat presents a resilience challenge in managing urban development, especially when...
by Mark Stodola, Kauffman Mayors' Council and Former Mayor of Little Rock, AK | Mar 10, 2020 | Economy, Governance
In my twelve-year tenure as Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, and while serving as President of the National League of Cities in 2018, few topics related to cities caught the national attention. But in 2019, Amazon’s decision to hold a competition among cities for the...
by Itai Dadon, Director of Smart Cities and IoT at Itron | Mar 10, 2020 | Infrastructure, Mobility, Technology
In 2020, we begin a new decade in which vehicle electrification is becoming a dominant force in reshaping the electric grid. A transformation of this scale presents a significant opportunity for utilities. Utilities realize that electric vehicles (EVs) will play a...
by Kate O'Brien, Senior Writer for Meeting of the Minds | Mar 9, 2020 | Global Mobility Research
This month Meeting of the Minds Senior Writer Kate O’Brien sat down for a conversation by phone with Devanne Brookins, PhD, about the Transforming Urban Transport – The Role of Political Leadership (TUT-POL) Sub-Saharan Africa project at Harvard University’s...
by Catherine Nagel, Executive Director, City Parks Alliance | Mar 3, 2020 | Environment, Society
Los Angeles has recently hired its first forestry officer and announced a goal of planting 90,000 shade trees by 2021. The city is looking to increase shade near busy public transit stops and other islands of extreme heat by adding tree-cover and other shade...
by Jacob Bangsgaard, President and CEO, MaaS Alliance and ERTICO | Mar 2, 2020 | Economy, Mobility
Our transportation systems are rapidly changing and developing, as we’re seeing increased demand for more personalised and convenient mobility services. All sectors that make up mobility services; private and public transport operators, IT and leasing companies, and...
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