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Book Review

5 beach reads for urbanists everywhere

For the northern hemisphere, summer’s not done yet.

Ian Klaus August 14, 2017

'Smart' Cities

Future Cities Catapult competition jump-starts urban innovations for the ‘Internet of Things’

Six companies get funds to test promising solutions.

David Hatch February 20, 2017

Commentary

‘Brexit’: A wake-up call for the New Urban Agenda

The economic and social implications of the British vote to leave the E.U. must be used to significantly strengthen the strategy to be approved at Habitat III.

Michael Cohen June 24, 2016

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London’s Muslim mayor signs initiative condemning anti-Semitism

Sadiq Khan, the newly elected mayor, encouraged other city leaders across Europe to join him in signing the pledge, JTA reports.

June 13, 2016

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London effort to monitor air pollution enlists pigeons and people

After outfitting pigeons with air-pollution sensors, a London startup plans to expand the concept to humans.

April 28, 2016

Interview

How Future Cities Catapult is catalyzing the ‘smart city’ market in the UK and beyond

Christopher Swope October 30, 2015

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London’s Boris Johnson seeks to accommodate Uber

The mayor says it’s better to accept and manage the disruption going on in the taxi industry than to fight it, Bloomberg reports.

October 19, 2015

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Cardiff explores aerial gondola network

The Welsh capital is studying the feasibility of gondolas as public transport, but skeptics point to low ridership on London’s system, the BBC and CityMetric report.

April 8, 2015

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Bike parking comes of age in London residential towers

A new development offers 1,486 parking spots for bikes but only 200 for cars, CityMetric reports.

February 18, 2015

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Mayor Boris Johnson wants London trunk roads underground

The city has identified more than 70 portions of roads it might want to move underground to reconnect neighborhoods and free up space for development, CityMetric reports.

February 16, 2015

Citiscope Feature

Two forward leaps in how cities measure greenhouse-gas emissions

One effort aims to harmonize the many methods cities use for tracking their emissions, while another pushes the whole field to a new level.

Christopher Swope November 7, 2014

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Two new takes on urban supermarkets

A new Berlin supermarket requires shoppers to bring their own containers while food markets planned for London would cater to the poor with cashless transactions, USA Today and the Daily Mail report.

November 4, 2014

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Boris Johnson steps up London’s data sharing

London’s mayor hopes releasing more city data will encourage software developers to design more apps to improve city services, The Telegraph reports.

October 28, 2014

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Manchester hailed as urban resilience model

The first UK city to join the UN’s Making Cities Resilient Campaign has adopted a comprehensive strategy for mitigating disaster, the United Nations says.

September 16, 2014

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Bicycle-only highways set for central London

Segregated bicycle lanes will make it easy for pedalers to crisscross London without dodging cars and lorries, Leading Britain’s Conversation reports.

September 3, 2014

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London widens electric bus deployment

The city will test electric-diesel buses that can be recharged wirelessly to gauge if they should be deployed widely, Transport for London announced.

August 29, 2014

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Location of world's “most polluted” street a surprise

Eco-conscious London is reeling after researchers determined that Oxford Street has worse auto emissions than any road in Beijing or Dhaka, the Guardian reports.

July 28, 2014

Birmingham is first in UK to become a “biophilic” city

Birmingham is part of a global network of cities that prioritize urban green space, the Guardian reports.

April 29, 2014

Electric-car sharing is coming to London

Paris-based Autolib is eyeing London for its next launch of electric-car sharing, the Christian Science Monitor reports.

March 25, 2014

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London’s iconic double-decker buses go diesel-electric

London finds a way to preserve its double-decker buses while also making them greener, according to Transport for London.

March 13, 2014

District heating network in Cardiff could be model for other cities

Up to 20,000 homes and businesses in the Welsh capital may be warmed by heat distributed by pipelines, the BBC reports.

February 20, 2014