Apr 23, 2018
A metropolis with a population of more than 10 million, Seoul is a city that offers contrasting landscapes that combine traditional and contemporary styles, including its more than 600-year-old historic districts and 25 self-governing boroughs and their busy centers that seem to never sleep. Most of the city’s residential neighborhoods are situated within only 200…
Apr 23, 2018
Through Crowdfund London, City Hall is learning how many small projects, delivered by local people, can have a big social impact; and how city government can catalyze a powerful mix of public, private and local collaboration. London is a city full of small surprises. Its market stalls, pocket parks, street artworks, food festivals, cultural carnivals…
Apr 23, 2018
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Alternative Finance Lab has been working and experimenting with crowdfunding now more than five years, by developing campaigns, workshops, booklets and observing how this new way of financing can help communities to become more resilient and empowered. Due to fiscal constraints governments are facing globally, conventional means of financing…
Apr 10, 2018
All four cities are suffering water problems in 2018. The problems are not the same, but the search for solutions – changes in land use, planning and governance – are remarkably similar. Progress on this front has been slow, and is likely to lag behind events. Paris did not take the risk of flooding seriously…
Mar 05, 2018
It’s simple economics. If you’ve stood in an endlessly long line for a free doughnut or burrito during a fast-food promotion, you get it. If you’ve avoided that kind of scene, you get it, too. What on a normal day would be a manageable wait time turns into a queue down the block. What’s happening…
Mar 05, 2018
Since the middle of the twentieth century, private cars have been regarded as the symbol of freedom. As a social marker and a symbol of a rapidly developing consumer society, cars have made urban planning and a new way of life necessary: major multi-lane roads, large concrete-built areas, and suburban sprawl with excessive parking lots.…
Mar 01, 2018
One of the biggest challenges faced by cities around the world is the improvement and expansion of urban mobility systems. Municipalities must provide transportation services and infrastructure at the scale and rate needed to close existing demand gaps, meet urban population growth, foster economic development and meet climate change targets. In Brazil, one of the…
Mar 01, 2018
At Metro we recognize that the future of transportation is being shaped by customers and driven by their choices and preferences. More than ever before, customers want to be in control. They want to plan their trips, select their payment methods and get the service they want, when and where they want it. As a…
Feb 07, 2018
Imagine the future where Hyperloops take people between cities, clothing gives us superhuman skills, virtual reality is the new textbook, machines start thinking as humans and smartphones are redundant. The Internet of Things, mobile applications and various other digital tools are weaved into our daily life and almost practically every sector and industry. For instance,…
Jan 28, 2018
Municipal leaders face hundreds of difficult choices every day. With so many needs and worthy programs, how does one choose where to invest limited funding? In the face of pressing human needs, cities too often decide that funding for environmental programs will have to wait. But pitting people against nature in this way offers a…
Nov 27, 2017
If the future holds out the prospect of more floods and severe storms, of droughts and fresh water shortages, we need more globalization, not less. Why? Because globalization is the key both to greater resilience when disaster hits, and to the changes in lifestyle and technology which will enable us to reduce vulnerability and make…
Nov 06, 2017
In a new town in Southwest Florida, we are all about to discover what happens when you build an entire 21st Century Mobility Ecosystem from scratch. And the results could shape how people access transit services for decades to come. This month in the solar-powered, sustainable community of Babcock Ranch, Transdev will begin operating the…
