Science Fiction vs. Reality on the Streets of Tomorrow's New Cities
Beijing, China. Photo by Stuck in Customs.
In Guy Montag’s city, it is illegal to be a pedestrian. The main character in Ray Bradbury’s 1953 dystopian American classic, Fahrenheit 451, commutes by subway. He thinks little of the circumstances and of the culture which gave rise to ...
Brasilia Re-Imagined
Brasilia by zelnunes
Built in the 1950s to showcase some of the world’s leading architects and their futuristic design vision, Brasilia, the federal capital of Brazil,  was designed with imagination,  innovation, and a futuristic urban aesthetic in mind, paved with good intentions. The ...
Returning to the Tradition of Sustainable Urban Development in Mexico City
Mexico City Photo by Pulpolux !!!
Nestled within Mexico City and home to approximately 1.2 million residents, Ciudad Neza has grown into one of Latin America’s largest slums. Salvador Herrera, Deputy Director of EMBARQ Mexico, remembers a time when Mexico City led the world in the ...
Friday Fun: My Favorite Transport Story
What's your favorite transportation story? Photo by EMBARQ.
Three young boys in Ahmedabad, India save up their change every week to spend on a special treat. They used to buy candy. Now they save up to go for fun rides on bus rapid transit! That’s my favorite sustainable ...
What does good urban development mean to you?
Copenhagen, Denmark is often cited as a sustainable city. Photo of Copenhagen's Central Station by Frank Schmidt.
Urbanization offers a tremendous opportunity to support a growing global population efficiently and humanely. Developing countries alone are expected to build more new city-area during the two decades leading up to 2030 than all of humanity has built throughout history ...
More urbanites, more cars: the challenge of urban road safety and health
Pleasant cities can be natural places for physical activity, witnessed in Istanbul’s lively streets. Photo by HBarrison.
As more and more people move into cities, more cars are also hitting the streets. That, unfortunately, is not all they will be hitting if we do not organize against urban traffic fatalities. We already see 1.2 million traffic crash-related ...
Repositioning America's Edge Cities: Virginia’s Tysons Corner
From an edge city to a vibrant urban center. Is Tysons Corner wishful thinking? Photo by VaDOT.
  How do you reposition a typical suburban office development – an office park, a group of office buildings and an intersection of highways – into a vibrant urban center? If you know of Tysons Corner in Northern Virginia, you ...
STATEMENT: WRI Response to the State of the Union
President Obama giving the 2013 State of the Union address. Photo by Pete Souza/The White House.
WASHINGTON (February 13, 2013)– In his State of the Union address, President Obama presented his priorities for his second term, including addressing the threat of climate change. New analysis by the World Resources Institute has identified four essential steps the ...
Four generations of bike-sharing
Lyon, France, introduced the most recent "3+" bike-sharing generation. Photo by juicebox013.
Looking back at Amit Bhatt’s presentation on Financially Sustainable Public Bike-Sharing at Transforming Transportation 2013, I thought I would share with you the key moments and generations in the history of bike-sharing. Although it appears like a new trend, bike-sharing ...
Friday Fun: the coolest rides for Valentine's Day
What's the coolest ride for Valentine's Day? Photo by funky_abstract.
Valentine’s Day is just six days away and it’s time to get him or her the coolest gift and to plan for the coolest ride. TheCityFix team looks at what can be the hottest ride for V-day! #1 Red London ...