Last year, RoSPA – The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents – in the UK, conducted a bicycle safety study that revealed some of the most dangerous locations for cyclists in the city of Read More

The city council of Glasgow, Scotland has launched a road safety strategy, with the goal of eliminating all road fatalities or serious injuries by the year 2030. “Road collisions have an immeasurable impact on those Read More

Atlanta, GA Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms recently announced the Farm Stand Ordinance which will allow urban farms in Atlanta to sell fresh, affordable food directly to consumers living within residential zoned areas of the city. Read More

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and Arup have released a new guidebook – Green and Thriving Neighborhoods – which offers a  framework and approach for delivering net zero status using ‘15-minute city’ principles. It’s aimed at Read More

Singapore’s Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) –  which is responsible for designing technology for national security and public safety – is testing the use of autonomous robots to patrol public spaces and monitor Read More

The University of Michigan’s Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) is conducting a year long, public-private research partnership with the City of Detroit and Microsoft to study where and why residents of the city lack access Read More

Last month, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot named Ruby Ferguson as the City of Chicago’s first Food Equity Policy Lead. Ferguson will work with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, and report jointly to the Mayor’s Policy Read More

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has partnered with Applied Information Group – a design consultancy and wayfinding specialist – to create the city’s wayfinding system, named Seamless Seattle. The project supports Seattle’s goal of Read More

The residents of Perth, Australia have been asked by researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) to volunteer as citizen scientists to help create Australia’s longest daily weather record of the city. The project will Read More

The mayor of Boston, Kim Janey and the Mayor’s Office of Food Access (OFA) have launched a food resources SMS chatbot and the online food donations platform. Both initiatives are part of Boston’s Food Access Read More