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Why we need Smart Parks?

Why we need Smart Parks?

Parks provide environmental, aesthetic, and recreation benefits to our cities. They greatly enhance property values, increase municipal revenue, bring in homebuyers and attract retirees. Residential areas and green spaces have been shown to have positive external...
Let’s design Smart Cities smartly

Let’s design Smart Cities smartly

The death of a young mother who fell in a New York City subway station at the beginning of February has drawn scrutiny to the inaccessibility of public-transit systems. Let’s face it, transporting a baby in an urban environment can be a challenge. Moms, dads and those...
The flat tire commuter

The flat tire commuter

The rise of urban tech reflects the growing role of cities in the global economy. Public bike shares were supposed to initiate a global cycling revolution, providing everyone the opportunity to ride a bike in conjunction with cities encouraging people to use bicycles....
Public Toilets – a sexy search item

Public Toilets – a sexy search item

Currently (2018) roughly 2.1 billion (source: WHO) people have gained access to sanitation over the last 25 years. Regarding drinking water, there has also been tremendous progress. Even though safe drinking water has not yet reached everyone on the planet, 91% of the...
I’m in a bar, alcohol to lips in 3,2,1 …

I’m in a bar, alcohol to lips in 3,2,1 …

I used to cringe, wince, recoil into a ball and internally question my existence when confronting math word problems. My snarky, slightly chubby 7th-grade teacher would ask … “If Matt has four shirts, and his best friend Rob has seven, and both have three belts and...