Photo: WRI's Electric School Bus Initiative West Oakland, a neighborhood of less than 30,000 people on the northwestern tip ...
Urban news & analysis from WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities ...
Urban news & analysis from WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities ...
Data centers are poised to consume land, water and power across the United States at an unprecedented rate. Driven by artificial intelligence, cloud computing and supportive government policies, U.S.
When floodwater entered Virginia’s single-family home in Mathare, an informal settlement in Nairobi, it washed away much more than her furniture — upending all her sources of security while reshaping ...
Oslo’s City Ring Road after multimodal safety improvements. Photo courtesy of City of Oslo, Norway In 2015, the City of Oslo, Norway, made a commitment after years of rising transportation injuries to ...
Cities around the world are slowly realizing that gender dynamics play an important role in how people interact with transport systems. Taken as groups, women and men tend to have different travel ...
Our impressions of a city are formed mainly by the quality of public spaces. If they are not pleasant and preserved, or if they transmit a sense of insecurity, we will seldom return. Good planning of ...
The most recent change on Avenida Séptima is the replacement of one lane of traffic for a bi-directional bikeway. Photo by Carlos F. Pardo Just before she took office in January 2020, Mayor Claudia ...
Transportation is a crucial enabler of economic development, providing people access to markets, employment, education, and health services. In addition to these development benefits, improving ...
Newly planted trees line the Piassa-Mexico-Sarbet-Gotera-Wollo Sefer corridor in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Implemented during the first phase of the city’s corridor development project, the trees provide ...
In cities like Beijing with aging populations, design and infrastructure changes can help make public transit systems more accessible. Photo: Besides the Obvious/Shutterstock As people live longer and ...