May 15, 2017
There has been increasing concern about women’s safety in cities over the past few years. The fear of violence in public spaces affects the everyday lives of women as it restricts their movement and freedom to exert their right as citizens – freedom to move, study, work, and enjoy the city. I have worked on…
May 12, 2017
Vote for me! Vote for me! Vote for me! How often do you get to actively participate in planning and design process? Reviewing complicated planning documents can be hard, since attending public planning meetings often means clearing your schedule and going out of your way to attend. Geodesign is an emerging field that’s opening up…
May 11, 2017
Cities are urbanising more rapidly than they can plan for, and with increasing inequality. Seventy one African cities have populations greater than 750,000 people, but lack the infrastructure to support their citizens. By 2050, more than 1.1 billion Africans will be living in cities, putting additional pressure on already strained infrastructure systems. Public transport is…
May 05, 2017
In 2012, the City of Rio de Janeiro partnered with the New Cities Foundation and its member organizations to launch an innovative Task Force on E-health in the community of Santa Marta in Rio. The Task Force provided the community’s local clinic with an e-health backpack containing equipment able to collect patient health data. The…
May 05, 2017
Strawberry Energy is a Serbian company motivated by a simple vision: to make renewable energy sources more accessible to all people by building public solar chargers for mobile devices. Their Strawberry Tree is a green urban furniture and Wi-Fi station, which is permanently installed in public places such as streets, parks and squares. Energy is…
May 05, 2017
Peerby (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) enables people to borrow the things they need from their neighbours in under 30 minutes. Users post something they want to borrow, and neighbours will get a push notification to which they can respond in a single touch. Peerby was an AppMyCity! finalist at the NewCities Summit 2014 in Dallas, Texas…
May 05, 2017
Orofino, who’s 25 years old with a degree in economics and human rights from Columbia, is a believer in participatory politics and in cities as the ideal locus for reinventing representative democracy, and with her team she has designed Meu Rio as a catalyst for youth activism. Among its 170,000 members are tens of thousands…
May 05, 2017
Lufa Farms is an agricultural and technology company located in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec. It is the world’s first commercial greenhouse on the roof of a building. Lufa Farms specializes in new agricultural technologies in urban zones. Covering an area of 31,000 square feet, Lufa Farms produces vegetables year-round for more than 3,000…
May 04, 2017
Connected, healthy, and equitable cities benefit everyone. Yet, according to the World Bank, 830 million urban people currently live without running water in their home – a growing number given today’s rapid urbanization, particularly in developing countries. CityTaps’ vision is to bring running water to every urban home. During our project in Niamey, Niger, we…
May 03, 2017
The New Cities Foundation Task Force on Connected Commuting aims to help cities around the world better understand how real-time social networking among commuters can enhance the overall commuting experience and improve traffic management. The pilot phase of this project took place in San Jose, California, in 2012. It compared the experiences of ‘connected’ and…
May 03, 2017
Colab.re (www.colab.re) is a Citizen-to-Government engagement platform thatworks as a social network focused on citizen engagement and as a management tool for government bodies. Citizens can demand services, post issues, suggest urban improvements and new public policies, as well as rate public services in a transparent and collaborative manner. Colab.re is used by more than…
May 02, 2017
Spin’s mission is to help people move around cities. Their first product reimagines bikeshare – Spin’s GPS-equipped smart bikes are unlocked via a mobile app, and can be dropped off at any bike parking spot. By offering a convenient, affordable, and environmentally-friendly mode of transport, Spin aims to reduce congestion and improve last mile transportation…
