Prototype We held a one-week design sprint to build a smart trash chute. Here’s what we learned The path to a more sustainable city goes right through the multi-family waste room. Jesse Shapins and Matt Breuer 8 Aug
BLOG POST The importance of coding the curb Who says infrastructure management isn’t sexy? A digital street asset inventory can improve parking, planning, transparency, and more. Willa Ng 8 Aug
Blog Post Habitat III can set the urban-tech vision for years to come The New Urban Agenda is an opportunity to bridge the gap between urbanists and technologists, radically improving the lives of people in cities worldwide. Rohit T. Aggarwala 8 Aug
Q&A ‘Connected streets’ and the next generation of urban mobility A Sidewalk Talk with James Corless and Russell Brooks of Transportation for America. Eric Jaffe 6 Jun
case study 4 lessons from Rio’s ‘flawed’ smart cities initiative A new analysis finds that, despite doing some good, the program often forgot to focus on the people. Eric Jaffe 5 May
BLOG POST How ‘pink’ zoning can jumpstart urban development Cities can lighten the red tape. Technology can help. Eric Jaffe 4 Apr
Q&A What smart cities can learn from Singapore’s Smart Nation A Sidewalk Talk with Jacqueline Poh, managing director of the Infocomm Development Authority Eric Jaffe 4 Apr
vision It’s time for urbanists and technologists to start talking Introducing our new blog, Sidewalk Talk. Daniel L. Doctoroff 4 Apr