Learning from planning experts such as UCLA's Donald Shoup, San Francisco is developing a new paradigm for car parking with meter prices set by market demand and apps to allow drivers to find spaces and pay for them on their smartphone, with New York following in its wake, as Catesby Holmes of My Parking Sign shows.
Henrik Valeur visits Bangalore to see how researchers at the IISc are integrating bicycle sharing and electric vehicles on campus, a potential prototype for transit systems across India's cities.
As the Kumbh Mela festival closes in Allahabad, Kristen Teutonico wonders why the lessons of this pop-up city aren't being applied to India's permanent mega-cities.
Robert Bell lays out the case for intelligent communities--cities like Austin using technology to improve education levels and train up their workforce for the knowledge-based digital economy.
The 'smart city' concept has existed for several years, but only now, with some trial and error, are we seeing the real fruits of these efforts coming to light.
Bus maps can play a role in drawing people into greater engagement with the city they live in.
The political questions that face local authorities seeking to implement 'smart city' technologies within their cities.
Henrik Valeur is a Danish architect-urbanist based in Copenhagen. His work is available at http://www.henrikvaleur.dk .
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