The cycling revolution in Paris continues: Bicycle use now exceeds car use ~transport Article 1432 words 20 votes
Lies, confections, distortions: how the right made London the most vilified place in Britain ~misc politics Article 1065 words 7 votes
European Commission approves creation of an environmental zone in the city centre of Stockholm, where petrol and diesel cars will be banned entirely from 2025 ~transport Article 440 words 23 votes
Saudi Arabia’s 105-mile long Line city has been cut a little short – by 103.5 miles ~design architecture urban planning Article 645 words 27 votes
Copenhagen and Paris mayors exchange lessons learned after huge fires destroy landmarks ~design architecture Article 479 words 12 votes
Mexico City’s metro system is sinking fast ~transport Article 1320 words, published Apr 10 2024 12 votes
Christiania, Copenhagen's hippie oasis, wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market ~life Article 1583 words 11 votes
Long untouchable, fire departments are causing death and homelessness in American cities by advocating for bad policies ~transport Article 2318 words 28 votes
San Francisco city leaders look to bring back emergency sirens by end of 2024 ~enviro Article 487 words, published Sep 6 2023 8 votes
Cowboy launches all-road electric bike to attract riders beyond European city centers ~transport Article 6 votes
How does Paris stay Paris? By pouring billions into public housing. ~life housing.public Article 1325 words, published Mar 17 2024 17 votes
Green corridors - How a Colombian city cooled dramatically in just three years ~enviro climate change pollution.air Article 1141 words, published Mar 4 2024 17 votes
Denmark has pledged to put up more statues of women, with the country's culture minister saying the capital has “more statues of mythical beasts and horses” ~life.women Article 455 words 12 votes
Copenhagen is just one city among many around the world taking a novel approach to prevent repeated flooding. It is becoming a sponge. ~design urban planning Article 912 words 8 votes
Entrance fees, visitor zones and taxes: how Europe’s biggest cities are tackling overtourism ~travel Article 2077 words 12 votes
One of the world’s biggest cities may be just months away from running out of water ~enviro water.ground climate change Article 22 votes
The 24-hour city: In a push to bolster nightlife, cities are changing laws to keep bars, restaurants and transit systems operating round-the-clock ~life Article 77 words 34 votes
What Texas can teach San Francisco and London about building houses: it’s not a housing crisis — it’s a planning crisis ~design urban planning Link 13 votes
London's BT Tower to be turned into a hotel after £275m sale ~design architecture Article 577 words 10 votes
‘We’ve lost the art of city building’: can the planner behind a tech-funded metropolis win over the skeptics? ~design urban planning Article 1574 words 25 votes
The hottest trend in US cities? Changing zoning rules to allow more housing. ~design urban planning Article 1744 words 42 votes
The small Norwegian city of Bergen has a competent light rail system – let's take a look at the Bybanen in depth ~transport Video 12:49 5 votes
New report shows that a crowded historic neighborhood suffered disproportionate casualties in Lahaina Hawaii fire ~enviro Article 3191 words 9 votes
Seismic City by Joanna Dyl: an economic class and political history of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake ~books Article 4205 words 5 votes
Electric cars are not the future – In cities at least, e-bikes make more cultural and consumer sense ~transport Link 62 votes
Billionaire backers of new California city seek voter approval after stealthily snapping up farmland ~design urban planning Article 1105 words 27 votes
Is it realistic to operate a fleet of electric buses in countries like Norway? Tackling challenges with the range of buses being shorter in cold weather. ~transport Article 714 words 8 votes
Hive cities: Reality or fiction? ~design architecture.metabolism architecture.parasitic Video 14:58 7 votes
ABBA's holographic dancing queens have had a tangible impact, adding over £320 million of money, money, money to London's economy in its first year ~music pop Article 504 words, published Dec 21 2023 17 votes
In a win for the climate (and safety), urban US speed limits are dropping ~transport Article 1564 words 27 votes
The Masterplan vision for Gelephu Mindfulness City unveiled ~design urban planning architecture Link 15 votes
Bollards and ‘superblocks’: how Europe’s cities are turning on the car ~design urban planning Article 1551 words 17 votes
San Francisco and Grants Pass Oregon lawsuits about homelessness highlight this question: Do those who reject shelter choose homelessness? ~life Article 1148 words 16 votes