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Urban Design, Intelligent Vehicles, and Automated Highways
Public Transit of the Future?
The promise of a fully automated highway network has captivated the imaginations of futurists and aspirational engineers for several generations. In these visions there is a wide range of so-called “intelligent vehicle systems."[read more]
Live Blogging from Intelligent Cities
IBM has plenty of company when it comes to deep concern and deep thinking about the future of cities. Monday, at the Intelligent Cities Forum in Washington, D.C., hundreds of urban planners, city leaders and data mavens will gather to share insights on ways to make cities more successful and sustainable using data, analytics,...[read more]
Let’s Be Smart about Intelligent Cities
Credit: Flickr user DaveReichertLast week, USA Today declared that “smart growth” is an outdated term, even as its principles remain accepted and practiced. “Intelligent cities” is the new urbanism buzzword.“Intelligent cities,” the new darling lingo of planners, reflects the times. It captures the essence of 21st-century technology that...[read more]
Sustainable Cities Collective
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“Spot on! I believe that incorporating concepts in anthropology (or biology, and so on) is absolutely necessary for our health in cities. It only makes sense that the environment we evolved in would impact our physiology today. How we can utilize this knowledge and research it further is crucial...”
“Great article, Kaid.Rethinking the future of what will hopefully be the inevitable demise of the suburban strip mall is an important exercise. Whether or not the next generation of strip mall tenants are big business or small scale artisans, does it really help to defuse the underlying flaws in the use patterns of the development type? The choice may change the feel of the suburbs, but isn't ...”