Ideas for Cities: Google Analytics for Government
Google Analytics for GovernmentCities could make the success of governance measurable and known. Rather than waiting for the next election to recognize and promote results (or lack thereof), cities could do it transparently. City stats, charts, and...

The Revolution Door
Click here to view the embedded video.Revolving doors are ubiquitous in our cities. Why not use them to generate free energy? The Revolution Door by Fluxxlab would do just that. It converts the kinetic energy used to push the door into electricity....

How to Get More Bicyclists on the Road: Scientific American
If you want to know if an urban environment supports cycling, you can forget about all the detailed ‘bikeability indexes’—just measure the proportion of cyclists who are female,”

future cities lab
Future Cities Lab is an interdisciplinary design and research collaborative bridging architecture and landscape urbanism with material sciences, robotics and engineering. FCL was initiated in 2004 by architects Jason Kelly Johnson and Nataly Gattegno....

Transparency: The Effects of Bike Commuting on Obesity
The average American is both overweight and spends more than 100 hours per year commuting, that vast majority of those hours being spent in a car. Are those numbers correlated? Could we help reduce our societal weight gain by encouraging more commutes...

Ode to New York
Apologies to those of you who could care less about Gotham, but I feel the need to wax poetic about the sights and sounds and stories of one of the most fascinating cities on earth.  There have been so many films, TV shows, songs, poems, and books...

Ideas for Cities: Google Analytics for Learning
Google Analytics for LearningCities should measure the impact of learning more closely, because education reduces unemployment and poverty and creates a greater culture of ingenuity—producing jobs and individual entrepreneurs. The city and its...

Ideas for Cities: Learning Jobs
Learning JobsCities could enable job descriptions to grow or expand to convert low-wage, low-value work into high-wage, high value work. For example, a “garbage collector” could become a “waste management consultant”—beyond the menial work...

Ideas for Cities: Wide-walks
Wide-walksCities should narrow streets to make room for wider sidewalks, which would provide spill-out space for businesses and restaurants; green space for landscaping, urban farming, and picnicking; jogging and bike paths; and noise reduction through...

Ideas for Cities: Pedicab Infrastructure
Pedicab infrastructureSome streets could be zoned for pedicabs (and bicycles) only. Themed pedicabs would make alternate transportation more fun, and would make this method of commuting a “destination” instead of simply a mode. It would also provide...

@GOOD Readers Answer: How Long is Your Morning Commute and What’s Your Means of Transportation?
Today on Twitter we asked our followers how long their morning commutes were, and your means of transportation. We collected some of our favorite responses below. We ask a question to our Twitter faithful once a day, so if you’re not yet following...

"Feral Cities-Pirate Havens," U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings (2008)
"The concept of a pirate haven is not new. Mogadishu and Aceh in Sumatra are merely the latest examples in a history of feral places turned pirate bases that spans both the globe and the ages. A brief look back in time offers several examples of...

For Sale By Owner (FSBO): Sell your Home, House or Condo; Buy Real Estate; Get an MLS Listing
With approximately 20 percent of the real estate marketplace comprised of "for sale by owner" listings, many homebuyers are left scratching their heads wondering, "Do I need an agent to go ahead and buy that "for sale by owner"...

Green Mayors Across America
Mayors Across America is a new and tremendous idea that all mayors need to be aware of.　 It seems that everyone is looking for leadership today, and environmentalism has taken many distracting routes.　 Mayors often talk about Green initiatives in...