Apr 28, 2017
Globally, cities face a major investment gap in funding infrastructure projects. According to McKinsey Global Institute, US$57 trillion will be required to finance global infrastructure between 2013 and 2030.[i] Most of those needs are in cities that are growing at an unprecedented rate. We launched the Financing Urban Infrastructure Initiative to directly address this major…
Apr 25, 2017
We live in hyper-connected cities: how many offer Internet access in the subway? In partnership with the International Association of Public Transport (UITP), our Founding Member Ericsson and innovation agency FABERNOVEL, we surveyed the world’s largest metropolitan underground systems to find out their level of internet connectivity. Find out which regions are the most connected…
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…
