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Why Asheville’s CIO Trusts the Cloud With His City
Anyone with an online life that includes the likes of Amazon or Google or Apple has heard of cloud computing. But what and how much information a municipal government should have stored on a rented...
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Cleveland Thinks Broadband 100 Times Faster Than Anyone Else
(Photo by Rob Sinclair) Later this summer, Cleveland plans to open up a commercial broadband service that has capacity to provide a 100 GB connection. If you’ve been keeping up with the...
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Will FAA’s Drone Rules Help Cities Wrangle the Technology?
A drone crashed onto White House grounds in January. (AP Photo/U.S. Secret Service) As cities and nations around the world grapple with how to respond to the growing list of “things you can do with...
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Pittsburgh’s Budget Just Got Way More Click-Worthy
(Photo by Nevit Dilmen) Do a Google search for “Pittsburgh budget,” and the first available link takes you to the city government’s budget archive website, which includes operating budgets dating back...
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Can an Algorithm Help Prevent HIV From Spreading Among Homeless Young People?
(AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, file) Among homeless young people, across country, HIV rates are 10 times that of the general population. Keeping alive can mean sex work, drug use and other risky behavior. One...
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Tired of Being Profiled, a Programmer Turns to Crowdsourcing Cop Reviews
(AP Photo/John Minchillo) It would be hard to find an American over the age of 25 who hasn’t had at least one face-to-face interaction with a police officer. Even those who haven’t are just one car...
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Philadelphia Takes Another Step Toward Transparency
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Philadelphia took another step toward more open government this week. Related Stories What’s Different About San Francisco’s ‘Open Legislation’ Proposal‘Department of Better...
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The Man Measuring Mexico City’s Air Quality Is Part Planner, Part Meteorologist
Aerial view of Mexico City smog, shot in 2010 (Photo by Fidel Gonzalez) Armando Retama Hernandez can cite the daily changes in Mexico City’s air quality like a baseball fan remembering a season’s...
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Big Data Shows That Rushing City-Dwellers Aren’t All Work, No Play
Pedestrians in Harvard Square (Photo by Chensiyuan) City-dwellers have a reputation for moving at a fast pace, but where is your zoom taking you? According to a new MIT study, one-fifth of your trips...
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Could Minneapolis Shed Its Midwest Branding?
Downtown Minneapolis (Photo by AlexiusHoratius) Could a name change bring more young talent to Minnesota? That’s the hope of some business leaders and academics in Minneapolis who want to break ties...
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“Urban Mind” App Will Examine How Cities Encourage Our Addictions
Researchers are set to study how our built environment drives (or can help with) addiction, in London. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) Place affects mood. Walk into a park on a sunny day, and your soul...
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Google Offers Affordable Housing
Google bikes at the company’s Mountain View campus. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Whether critics are bemoaning Google buses or pointing to the lack of women and people of color working in high-paying Silicon...
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Obama Gets Nod of Thanks for Streetcar
President Obama addresses the National League of Cities on March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) “President Obama is a great friend and ally to America’s cities,” Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph...
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Say Goodbye to the Clipboard, City Surveyors
They are the foot soldiers of academia, deployed to witness and record urban features, like trees or broken windows, that go unmeasured in traditional surveys. Over the past two decades, their...
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NYC Tries New Tech to Pinpoint Gunshots
Mayor Bill de Blasio announces the NYPD use of ShotSpotter. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) New York City is the latest city to implement gunshot detection system ShotSpotter, on a trial basis in five zones in...
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SF Is Getting Musical Walls, “Data Lanterns” and Street Furniture Made of...
Chimewall is a musical instrument designed for the dynamics of the street. Next month, the 250,000 daily travelers along Market Street — San Francisco’s three-mile-long central artery — will discover...
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What a Massive Indian Festival Can Teach Us About Improving Cities
Devotees gathered for the Kumbh Mela bathing festival in Allahabad in 2013. MIT Media Lab researchers see the festival as an opportunity to study pop-up cities and rapid urbanization. (AP Photo...
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Detroit Mayor Delivers on Vow to “Improve Detroit” Through Tech
Mayor Duggan new “Improve Detroit” app will allow residents to report problems to City Hall, even submitting photos, with their smart phones. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) Detroit smartphone owners can now...
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New York City Launches Council 2.0
(Photo by Dschwen) NYC Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito announced yesterday a new tech program aimed at familiarizing and engaging residents with the city council. Related Stories Don’t Like That...
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Renewed Tax Credit Nurtures Atlanta’s Growing Video Game Industry
(Photo by Terence S. Jones) Atlanta’s video game development industry is booming, and lawmakers recently passed a bill to renew tax credits for video game companies there. Related Stories Can an Event...
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