Recent blog posts
Self-driving cars: A Force for Urban Densification or Expansion?
How will self-driving cars affect our cities? In a recent blog post I predicted that self-driving cars will gradually but …
Heritage neighborhoods: what is the value of a tree-lined boulevard?
This blog post accompanied a webinar, Creative Repurposing — Unlocking the Past for Our Sustainable Future. Click the link for …
Urban Impact Entrepreneurs Are Out There (Trust Us)
Urban innovation isn’t just coming from government or large companies. There’s a real movement of entrepreneurs looking to solve problems …
News roundup: Measuring Dublin’s dumpsters, the UN defines “Smart City,” Silicon Valley has a crush on cities
How do we measure a “smart city”? As “smart city” has evolved into a meme, some experts are trying to …
How a Rush Hour Commuter Disruption Could Lead to Sustainable Resilience
This past Friday, BART, one of the primary mass transit systems in the San Francisco Bay Area experienced unplanned downtime …
An Urban World Calls for Urban Agriculture
It is estimated that in the early 1800s, only about 3% of the world’s one billion people lived in cities. …
