Jun 29, 2018
Eco-Counter is an international organization with a passion for using data to encourage more bike and pedestrian activity to better citizen health and a cleaner environment. From New York City to San Francisco, Montreal to Paris, planners around the world trust Eco-Counter to take their project on step further. Since 2015, Eco-Counter has released the…
Jun 29, 2018
French below Positioning exercise of Avenue McGill College Located in the heart of Montréal, the Avenue McGill College area is in full swing with the redesign of Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest, the arrival of the Metropolitan Express Network downtown and major private investments in Place Ville-Marie and the Eaton Centre. In April 2018, the city announced…
Jun 29, 2018
The preeminent catalyst for new ideas, networking, resource development, and collaboration for new city leaders, the Greenfield Cities Alliance (GCA) is the leading global network of large greenfield urban developments around the world. It is an initiative of NewCities. The goal of this initiative is to create a setting to share best practices and generate…
Jun 29, 2018
Pitch your company and your technology to the planet’s best and smartest industry players and VCs The LA New Mobility Challenge is a major global startup competition focused on solving the challenges of urban mobility. The third edition of the Challenge brings together 12 semi-finalists who will pitch their innovations on stage to a crowd…
Jun 13, 2018
From public-private partnerships to CEPAC bonds, three experts explore innovative methods to finance urban infrastructure in U.S. cities. Featured photo by Red Morley Hewitt on Unsplash
Jun 12, 2018
Many say U.S. infrastructure is “crumbling.” Yet infrastructure’s durability creates challenges too. Unlike much of the modern machinery in our personal lives – which we can replace one-for-one on a regular basis – the opportunity for cities to replace a building or power plant with something new might only happen once in a generation, or…
Jun 12, 2018
In his state-of-the-union speech on January 30, 2018, President Trump called for a massive $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan to fix aging U.S. infrastructure. Underlying this federal initiative is a critical assumption: 80 percent of the funding will come from local and state governments, along with significant private sector participation. Yet with federal and state transfers…
Jun 12, 2018
I’m a transportation geek – and I don’t mean I’m really into cars. In fact, while I have a passion for taking and writing about road trips, I hate driving. Correction, I hate commuting. So it goes without saying that I’m super excited about driverless cars, ridesharing, and other mobility options that will reduce dependence…
Jun 12, 2018
Series of 5 infographics on the infrastructure financing gap. Download PDF here
May 07, 2018
Tech companies are coming up with new artificial intelligence solutions that could transform urban life in all aspects. Six experts explore the potential benefits and barriers of AI in cities. Featured photo by Scott Webb on Unsplash
May 07, 2018
What do cities of Toulouse, Eindhoven or Manchester have in common? They’re all “second-tier cities” in their countries and have outperformed their respective capital city in terms of GDP growth over 2009-2013. And across all continents, numerous second-tier cities, from Brazil to China, from India to the United States, are gaining economic impact and increasing…
May 07, 2018
The question that was proposed to me for this essay was if the experience of Curitiba in terms of urban planning and interventions could work as an example for cities around the world; cities that are not megalopolis, or even major metropolis, but that still play in important role in their country’s urban network. I…
