January 2011
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One of four scenarios exploring how we will live and travel in the cities of 2040. Planned-opolis: In a world of fossil fuels and expensive energy, the only solution is tightly planned and controlled urban transport. Megacities on the move - Planned-opolis (by Forum for the Future)
Jan 11th
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One of four scenarios exploring how we will live and travel in the cities of 2040. Renew-abad: The world has turned to alternative energy and high-tech, clean, well-planned transport helps everyone get around. Megacities on the move - Renew-abad (by Forum for the Future)
Jan 11th
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One of four scenarios exploring how we will live and travel in the cities of 2040. Sprawl-ville: The city is dominated by fossil fuel-powered cars.The elite still gets around, but most urban dwellers face poor transport infrastructure. Megacities on the move - Sprawl-ville (by Forum for the Future)
Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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“And then, just as you’re contemplating the various safety regulations the car...”
– AI Autos: Leave the Driving to Us | Magazine
Jan 10th
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The future of cars: Drivers not needed →
infoneer-pulse: The EN-V (pronounced “envy” and short for “Electric Networked Vehicle”) combines two ideas about how to teach cars to drive — using sensors like cameras and sonar to keep the car from hitting pedestrians; and network technology that lets cars talk to each other. This “car internet” lets the cars link up wirelessly and follow one another in a sort of wirelessly linked train. If...
Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 8th
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“According to the HNTB America THINKS transit survey, nearly 9 in 10 (87 percent)...”
– Most Americans Say Transit Often the Better Choice — KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ —
Jan 1st
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“Rockville has recognized the need to make transit planning a key component in...”
– As Our Cities Grow, So Too Must Our Transit System | Autopia | Wired.com
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December 2010
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Dec 28th
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“After analyzing the first sets of city data — the physicists began with...”
– A Physicist Turns the City Into an Equation - NYTimes.com
Dec 27th
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Dec 21st
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Dec 16th
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Dec 14th
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The Marty Markowitz Memorial Parking Lot
The Atlantic Yards: it’s got to be Marty Markowitz’s worst nightmare at this point. Originally designed to be a towering testament to Brooklyn with fancy buildings designed by architect du jour Frank Gehry, it was then scaled down to a few towers and an arena that looked suspiciously like the field house for an under-endowed college in a small town. Markowitz, blithely ignoring the...
Dec 8th
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bashford: Matthew Young visited several major cities, asked people one question (What is ‘The City’ to you?) and then animated the findings. Excellent.
Dec 8th
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