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Coming Soon: A 3D-Printed Neighborhood
Liz Stinson reports that sustainable building startup Icon and housing charity New Story "are working on 3D-printing an entire community of homes for impoverished families in Latin America."Publication...
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Report: Congestion Defeats the Economic Purpose of Cities
Adela Suliman reports on the details of a new report detailing the costs of congestion in two cities of the Global South—Johannesburg and Mexico City.Publication Date: Thu, 05/23/2019
View ArticleDemand for Lithium Drops as Global Electric Vehicle Sales Slump
The law of supply and demand appears to be working as Adam Smith predicted in 1776 when it comes to elePublication Date: Mon, 09/02/2019
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The Diversity of Biking in Art and Culture
"After my trips to Mexico this year, I tried to capture some of the cultural significance of bikes in my family’s towns because we need more of people of color elevating those narrativePublication...
View ArticleHow a Subway Fare Increase Kicked Off Chile's Largest Protest
A fare hike of 3.75 percent might not sound like much, but it was enough to spark the massive protests that have engulfed Chile for nearly two weeks.Publication Date: Sat, 10/26/2019
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Just What the Planet Needs: More Oil Production
"The flood of crude will arrive even as concerns about climate change are growing and worldwide oil demand is slowing," reports Clifford Krauss, a national energy business correspondent for The New...
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Bogotá Commits to the Bicycle
The city of Bogotá has engaged in what Andrea Jaramillo describes as a "bike-lane building spree that could be a model in Latin America" in an effort to mitigate a resurgence of traffic congestion...
View ArticleMexico Amends Constitution to Declare Safe Mobility a Human Right
"In a groundbreaking move for national road safety policy, Mexico has elevated to their constitution a universal right to safe mobility," reports Darío Hidalgo.Publication Date: Mon, 11/02/2020
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Bogotá Uses 7,000 Public Design Proposals to Redesign its Main Artery
Bogotá's Avenida Séptima, a six-lane thoroughfare that traverses the city's eastern side, has seen its share of modernization attempts over the last two decades, each creating more disagreement between...
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Are We 'Rounding the Corner' in the Pandemic?
When asked whether he is watching the former President Trump's second impeachment trial on Feb.Publication Date: Sun, 02/14/2021
View ArticleThe World's Worst COVID Outbreak
"As many countries put the worst of the pandemic behind them, Brazil is facing one of its worst humanitarian crises yet as deaths and infections surge, registering in the past week almost 1,000 new...
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The World's Highest Rates of Coronavirus Infections and Deaths
The coronavirus pandemic, by definition, is global.Publication Date: Thu, 03/11/2021
View ArticleLooking to the Future as TransMilenio Turns 20
An article by Walter Hook and Annie Weinstock looks back at the first 20 years of operation for the TransMilenio bus rapid transit system in Bogotá, Colombia.Publication Date: Tue, 05/18/2021
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Jaime Lerner, One of the World's Most Influential Urbanists, Passes Away at...
Prominent Brazilian urbanist Jaime Lerner passed away this Thursday, May 27, at the age of 83.Publication Date: Thu, 05/27/2021
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