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Dockless Bike Shares: Convenience of Uber & Car2Go for Urban Cyclists

Promising the convenient pick-ups of Uber (found all over) and drop-offs of Car2Go (which can be parked anywhere), new cycle-sharing services aim to overturn the paradigm of dock-to-ride-to-dock. ...

Modular Urbanism: Coin-Operated System of Portable Street Furniture

Much like coin-based cart systems found in supermarkets and airports, these stackable stools (which double as table surfaces) can be borrowed, moved around and returned with ease. Unlike ...

Urban Legend: Why Are European Cities so Much Denser than American Ones?

At a glance, it seems obvious New York City would be more densely populated than Paris, but in fact the reverse is true: New York has only half the population density of its French competitor. In ...

Forest Cities: Tree-Covered Urban Architecture to Combat Smog in China

A new series of treescrapers designed for Nanjing, China, aim to combat air pollution with plant-covered towers, but this bold vision may represent hubris more than hope. Architect Stefano ...

Bike Over Traffic: World’s Longest Elevated Cycling Path Opens in China

China's first aerial bike path spans nearly five miles, raised over streets and highways and connecting six public transit hubs in the heart of Xiamen. If the new route is even close to as ...

Public Wattway: France Activates World’s First Solar-Paneled Roadway

Developed by Wattway and deployed on the streets of Tourouvre-au-Perche, a 1,000-meter-long solar-paneled roadway in France is the first stretch of a 1,000-kilometer endeavor. The ...

Urban Agrihood: Detroit Produce Project Feeds 2,000 Households for Free

The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative (MUFI) has developed a multi-acre urban agricultural campus in Detroit with gardens and an orchard designed to feed thousands of local residents. This ...

Trinity River Park: Huge New 10,000 Acre Urban Nature District for Dallas

Designed to restore and augment the city's floodplain, this new green recreation space features thousands of acres of forest as well as playgrounds, lawns and trails. Upon completion, it will be ...

Sprawl Trilogy Redesign: Fractal City Covers for Classic Gibson Novels

Three classic cyberbunk books and a short story collection, all by William Gibson, are getting an apt makeover in the form of architectural covers featuring beautifully abstracted (if dystopian) ...

Retail Micro-Farming: MIT & Target to Launch In-Store Vertical Farms

At the convergence of the localvore and vertical farming movements, Target's new in-store micro-farms are positioned to offer the freshest possible produce to consumers. On offer: leafy greens ...

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