Richard Florida, Sommer Mathis and urban solutions in LA
A preview of the gathering of global city leaders, who will engage in a series of conversations about urban ideas and innovations that are shaping metro centers around the world.
View ArticleMichael Bloomberg on safer cities, new urban thinking
The philanthropist and former mayor of New York City is offering $125 million to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries in low- and middle-income cities and countries.
View ArticleLA Mayor Eric Garcetti on 'reinventing city hall'
The new mayor says he governs like he is "the city's CEO," requiring department heads to reapply for their jobs and undergo data-driven performance reviews. Here, he's interviewed by Walter Isaacson,...
View ArticleNew in Town: Mayors on Immigration
Newcomers, refugees and asylum seekers redefine cities nationwide. Denis Coderre, the mayor or Montreal talks with Kasim Reed, mayor of Atlanta about distinct issues and shared policies.
View ArticleJanette Sadik-Khan on LA, NYC and the future of transportation
The former Transportation Commissioner of New York transformed Times Square from a cab-choked bottleneck into an airy pedestrian mall. Now, she's working on walking, biking and commuting in Southern...
View ArticleWhat's mine is yours? The new dynamics of the sharing city
From bike share to Airbnb, the urban landscape now shows new systems of people passing private property around and using resources in new ways. We'll look at this with April Rinne, Sharing Economy...
View ArticleVideo: What is a city?
Physicists Geoffrey West and Luis Bettencourt of the Santa Fe Institute have looked at data from cities around the world to try to understand what, exactly, they are. They've found that surprising...
View ArticleThe future of transportation
Rubber sidewalks, driverless cars, high-speed trains and the things that will change the way we move around.
View ArticleThe architecture of American literacy
The philanthropist Andrew Carnegie covered the U.S. in libraries between 1893 and 1919. How many survive—and the forms they've taken—points to what kind of structures make a city center.
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