In New York and London, bike-sharing rebounded to set new records amid the pandemic
Covid-era membership campaigns helped Citi Bike and Santander Cycles recover from springtime lows, a City Monitor analysis shows.
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Will anyone want to host the next Olympics?
Over and over again, the conflicts between the short-term needs of mega-events and the long-term needs of the cities that host them result in the cities losing out.
Mumbai’s Coastal Road is an old mistake applied to a new problem
This major infrastructure project may or may not solve the city's traffic woes, but it will leave a vibrant fishing community in its wake.
Bogotá wants to get more women on bikes
Cycling is popular in Colombia, but women in the capital say there are several reasons why they don't regularly commute by bike.
Uber and Lyft beat California’s gig-worker law, and they won’t stop there
App-based companies spent millions to keep their California workers classified as independent contractors, not employees. Now they want to shop the law around the country.
Using public space to support democracy
Outdoor phone-banking and voting booths are helping to foster civic engagement as US cities adapt to a Covid-19 election season.
Houston’s bid for park equity
The city often ranks among the top ten most unequal metro areas in the US, but since 2012, it has been building one of the most extensive – and equitable – networks of parks and greenways in the country.
It’s time for transportation planners to move beyond ‘level of service’
This car-centric assessment of roads and mass transit fails to consider the wide range of needs that people and cities have regarding transportation networks.
Kolkata’s cycling ban is overturned – at least for now
Pre-pandemic, cycling was banned on 22 streets, including a majority of the city's main thoroughfares. Today, citizens are taking it up in droves.
The staggering pedestrian safety crisis in African cities
In places like Dar es Salaam, far more children are killed by the drivers of cars, trucks and motorcycles than are killed by Aids, malaria or diarrheal diseases.
Ban cars: Why cities are embracing the call for car-free streets
A growing movement is taking aim at motor vehicles in the quest to solve traffic congestion, slash carbon emissions and create more-livable cities.
Cities have a parking problem. More parking is not the solution.
Most cities dedicate huge amounts of space to cars at rest. There's a strong case for changing that.
What is a 15-minute city?
This vision for sustainable cities imagines places where residents can truly live locally, with everything they need just a short walk or bike ride away.
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