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I've always had an admiration for architects and urban planners. (I almost pursued a degree in the field.) But I continue to read complaints that today's practitioners are missing the boat. In particular, they are failing to bake smart technologies...
Article - 09/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Transportation, Policy and leadership
Glasgow, Scotland competed with 29 other UK cities to win the Future Cities Demonstrator designation from the UK's Technology Strategy Board, along with roughly $38 million to help finance its ideas. What were the ideas that brought Glasgow to the...
Article - 09/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Transportation, Analytics, Examples and case studies
I had my consciousness raised a couple months back after several conversations with the research head of a major freight delivery company. He helped me understand how important freight logistics is to the business health of a city, and to its...
Article - 09/18/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Analytics, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership
The inaugural City Climate Leadership Awards have just been announced. To be strictly accurate, these awards don't rank the planet's 10 most sustainable cities. Rather, they measure sustainability in 10 narrow categories.But even though these cities...
Article - 09/11/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Transportation, Policy and leadership
You will enjoy the video below and this post from ArchDaily, the world's most visited architecture site. They describe a "smart highway" project that won a prestigious design award. I walked away with two reminders. First, we already have plenty of...
Article - 09/04/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Analytics, Data management, Instrumentation and control, Examples and case studies