Past Projects

NewCities has helped shape the urban narrative since 2010. Browse through an archive of our past work, press, and network of contributors. 

Connected Commuting

Apr 23, 2017

Commuting is a major source of stress and frustration to city-dwellers. We set up a Task Force in San Jose, California, to investigate how social networking commuter applications impact the commuting experience. Collaborating with Ericsson, the San Jose Department of Transportation, the University of California Berkeley, and two commuter apps, Waze and Roadify, we studied…

AppMyCity!

Apr 22, 2017

3 finalists, 1 stage, $5,000 prize AppMyCity! is a contest for the world’s best urban app. Awarded every year at the NewCities Summit, it rewards new mobile applications that improve the urban experience, connect people, and make cities more fun, fair, vibrant, and sustainable places. We ran the contest in 2012 in Paris, 2013 in…

Cities on the Move

Apr 20, 2017

From 2014-2016, Cities on the Move assembled the most insightful voices from policy, industry, design, technology, architecture, economics and sociology, and from all regions to explore the many facets and changing nature of urban mobility. The thought leadership event was held on three occasions in Mountain View, California (2014), London (2015), and Tokyo (2016). On…

NewCities Summit 2016

Apr 20, 2017

Montréal was the perfect stage for the NewCities Summit 2016 on The Age of Urban Tech. In cities everywhere, innovators are finding technological solutions to pressing urban challenges. We were honored to welcome 600 speakers, journalists and participants from 40 countries for inspiring discussions around how urban technology can work to the benefit of all.…