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Congestion charging isn't the only way to disincentivise commuters from driving into our city centres. As a new ITDP report shows, many cities are being very clever with their parking policy, using dynamic pricing systems, new regulatory mechanisms and simple physical design changes to keep commuters thinking twice about relying on their cars.

A reality check on Boris Johnson's new cycle superhighways, noting that behind the scheme are ridership targets that remain paltry compared to northern European cities.

Tim Campbell explains why city leaders are increasingly travelling abroad in search of new solutions: with little time or resources to reinvent the wheel, city leaders need to see solutions in action quickly.

Today we launch the Global Urbanist, an online newspaper on urban affairs from cities across the developed and developing world. Click through the headline to read a letter from the editorial team.

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The Global Urbanist is an online magazine reviewing urban affairs and urban development issues in cities throughout the developed and developing world.

Its readers are drawn from the urban policy and international development sectors, and include urban planners, officers in local, national or international government agencies, civil society leaders, and researchers.

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