Urban farms to traffic bans: Cities prep for post-coronavirus future →
As cities aim to become more self reliant and resilient, they are taking steps to improve food security, live more sustainably. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreMapping how cities are reclaiming street space →
To help get essential workers around, cities are revising traffic patterns, suspending public transit fares, and making more room for bikes and pedestrians. CITYLAB
Read MoreHow Rem Koolhaas imagines a future beyond cities →
Countryside, the Future explores how the world’s non-urban territories might one day be designed, and it is a collaboration between legendary architect Rem Koolhaas and Samir Bantal, the director of AMO—Koolhaas’s practice’s research studio. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreHere’s what happens when public transit is free →
Cities in the U.S. and around the world are making buses and trains free for residents, aiming to increase equality and tackle pollution. HUFFPOST
Read MoreMoney trees: U.S. cities find new ways of valuing urban forests →
In the face of a warming planet and breakneck urbanization, U.S. policymakers are asking how best urban trees can be protected and utilised. PLACE
Read MoreThis new organisation wants to help cities create a broader idea of what resilience means →
A new organisation called Resilient Cities Catalyst has risen from the ashes of 100 Resilient Cities. The new nonprofit will raise funds to do more transformational projects, focusing less on just the ideas that could make a city more resilient and more on the actual implementation and follow-through of such efforts. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreAI can now design cities. Should we let it? →
We used to worry about AI turning our world into gray goo. But maybe we should be more afraid of it bringing in a Starbucks and a Lululemon. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreThe case for... making low-tech 'dumb' cities instead of 'smart' ones →
High-tech smart cities promise efficiency by monitoring everything from bins to bridges. But what if we ditched the data and embraced ancient technology instead? THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreClimate change: Can Glasgow go carbon neutral? →
A number of British cities aim to go carbon neutral by 2030 to fight climate change. Glasgow – which will host a major United Nations climate change summit in November 2020 – is one of them. But bringing the carbon footprint of a whole city down to zero requires big changes. So what can be done, and how quickly? BBC NEWS
Read MoreHow this electric vehicle ride-share company won the trust of cities without ‘disrupting’ them →
Circuit’s fleet of 140 electric cars across the U.S. caters to commuters and mall-goers while employing 150 full-time workers–and getting paid by cities. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreHomelessness is not inevitable and can be solved – these cities show us how →
Big national strategies often struggle to make progress but, from Trieste to Helsinki, individual cities are reducing – and even ending – homelessness . THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreHow Boulder is creating a path for cities to scale up carbon sequestration →
The city’s senior policy adviser for climate, sustainability, and resilience explains how it’s using its resources to find natural ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere and embed it in city owned land. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreGreener, longer life: More trees reduce premature deaths in cities →
City dwellers tend to live longer if they are in leafy neighbourhoods, according to a study that links green areas to lower rates of premature death. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreSsssh: As cities surge, some seek a new aim - peace and quiet →
Efforts to slow the pace of city life range from the literal - with many cities pushing for lower speed limits on their roads - to the imaginative, such as looking for ways to promote mindfulness. Many of them include a recognition of the rising importance of public spaces that are geared more toward quiet and contemplation than efficiency and technology. PLACE
Read MoreMore trees, less cars: cities pledge cleaner air →
Dozens of mayors of cities from every continent pledge cleaner air in a bid to improve urban health and tackle climate change. From Los Angeles to Tokyo, 35 cities committed on Friday to meet WHO minimum air quality levels by 2030 - something they said could save 40,000 lives a year - and report on progress. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Free the Paramedics! →
They’re the medical system’s eyes and ears, yet they’re treated as crisis managers. Now some cities are letting their paramedics get to know their patients, with remarkable results. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read MoreCities copy Cleveland's prosperity model →
Something important is happening in Cleveland: one of America’s poorest cities has a radical plan to remake itself. Taking into account that opportunity for ownership and participation is a powerful tool for change, the model recognises the unique role cooperatives can play in the creation of community wealth. ATLAS OF THE FUTURE
Read MoreCities to step up at U.N. to push climate fight, sustainable development →
As some world leaders question whether the world is facing a climate emergency, more than a dozen cities are stepping up to tackle global warming and sustainable development and will next week pledge to report their progress to the United Nations. REUTERS
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