Here’s our weekly link drop. Hope you enjoy it. New Report: U.S. States Failing at Reducing Transportation Emissions The Natural Resources Defense Council and Smart Growth America released a report, “Getting Back on Track: Aligning State Transportation Policy with Climate Change Goals,”…
Physicist “Solves” the City, Turns It Into an Equation
I went through a ton of urban theories as a Master’s student in city planning, but something I didn’t have access to at that time was physicist Geoffrey West’s urban equations. Because he had not created them yet. The 70-year-old…
Ecolocalizer Link Drop
To share more stories with our wonderful readers, I’ve decided to start doing a weekly “link drop” — in other words, I’ll drop links to great stories we couldn’t cover (plus a little intro). Hope you find this helpful and…
Latin American Green City Index Unveiled
The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) of the news magazine The Economist and leading engineering company Siemens just released the Latin American Green City Index [PDF], an index measuring the sustainability of 17 key Latin American cities. Believe it or not, Latin America is…
10 Most Walkable Cities in World? [SLIDESHOW]
“There are cities where cars reign supreme, others where a bicycle or public transportation will suffice, and a select few that remain a paradise for two feet. By design or purely by accident, each of these 10 cities beckons you…
America’s 20 Strongest Cities: 5 Key Factors They Have in Common
The economic crisis in the US hit most of the country pretty darn hard,.. have you heard? But not all places were hit to the same degree. While most of my home state — Florida — was slammed, some other…
Megacity Series on GlobalPost
Not long ago I wrote on the issue of cities becoming more and more powerful, perhaps even more powerful than countries. As a nice follow-up to that, GlobalPost has created a new 5-part multimedia report titled “Rise of the Megacities”…
5 Cities Chosen for Greening America’s Capitals Program
5 U.S. capitals are going to get a green makeover with the help of the EPA this year. These five lucky cities have just been announced by the EPA. A new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program, Greening America’s Capitals,…
Power Shifting from Nations to Cities
Cities are becoming more powerful than nations. Hopefully, they will use that power for good, not for evil.
New Sustainability Director in NYC Comes from Portland
Rit Aggarwala, who previously led the PlaNYC 2030 sustainability agenda as Director of the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability, is off to California to live happily ever after with his new bride. Replacing him in NYC is long-time Portland city and regional planning superstar David Bragdon.