May 27, 2016
Around the world, the migration of populations into cities in both advanced and developing economies is exerting pressure on the urban infrastructures of cities and on the governments that manage them. Governments face the challenges of shoring up physical facilities and systems—as well as preparing for the digital revolution—often with the added pressure of tighter…
May 26, 2016
Automobile air pollution is a well-recognised source of illness in urban environments. In response, smart cities monitor and move to reduce it. But what about traffic noise, car honks, sirens and revving motors? Cities are significantly noisier than rural areas. Almost a third of Europe’s population lives in areas where noise levels exceed the 55…
May 21, 2016
The future is urban for the majority of the world’s population. This is evidenced by unprecedented rural-urban migration, sprawl and informal settlements. It is also demonstrated by a sharp uptick in mega-developments, including brand new, master-planned cities. Over the past decade or so, dozens of new urban mega projects are popping up across Asia, the…
May 17, 2016
Q&A with Alix Armour, Co Founder/CEO, Nimble Scooters NewCities: You have just successfully funded the world’s first cargo scooter, The Nimble Urban, through a crowdfunding campaign. How has Nimble Scooters evolved as a mobility solution and as a young startup since you joined NewCities at our Making the Future City event two years ago? Alix…
May 13, 2016
Pour la version en Français cliquez ici Q&A with Josée Noiseux, General Manager for Advancement and Partnerships, NewCities NewCities: You have had a long career working as a lawyer before turning your attention to writing and philanthropy and most recently, joining NewCities. What attracted you to NewCities? Josée Noiseux: Urbanization is on the rise in…
May 13, 2016
To read the English version click here Entrevue avec Josée Noiseux, Directrice Générale de l’Avancement et des Partenariats NewCities: Après une longue carrière d’avocate vous vous êtes davantage consacrée à l’écriture et la philanthropie, et plus récemment, vous vous êtes joint à la NewCities. Qu’est-ce qui vous attiré dans la NewCities ? Josée Noiseux: L’urbanisation…
May 05, 2016
For all of the stress we exert on our old and overstretched city infrastructure, these structures that carry us through our day-to-day lives manage to throw a lot of stress back at us. In cities around the world, urban populations are growing fast — in many cases too fast for our already overstretched infrastructure to…
Mar 18, 2016
– “Have you heard that they are about to build a bicycle bridge in London?” – “Yeah! I hope it will be as good as the one in Copenhagen…” It’s hardly surprising that urbanists refer to famous cities as their reference point: New York, Paris or Tokyo come up in urban debates more often than,…
Feb 29, 2016
On a 15-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 75 in Dallas, an experiment is underway that demonstrates the role the Internet of Things (IoT) will play in smart cities of the future. The idea is to more effectively manage the movement of people through this busy corridor by integrating multiple modes of transportation: automobiles, buses, light…
Feb 04, 2016
When a man slipped in between the train platform gap at a railway station in Western Australia last year, hundreds of passengers worked together to push the train aside to free him. The video went viral as a heartwarming example of cooperation amongst strangers. But collaboration in cities is not always a given, and the…
Jan 08, 2016
Ellis Rubinstein deepens our understanding of the scientific value of cities through a Q&A with John Rossant as the New York Academy of Sciences becomes a Member of NewCities. JR: NewCities is delighted to welcome the New York Academy of Sciences as a member. Our two institutions share a similar approach to the vital importance…
Dec 21, 2015
What makes a space public? Is it ownership, access, design, the public, or use that define it? Why is this important? Our global cities are increasingly becoming spaces of greater inequality and segregation by income. In such cities, New York being one of them, where people live in fairly economically or ethnically homogenous neighbourhoods, it…
