Communication
The delicate dance of governing Sidewalk Lab’s Quayside project
By John Lorinc
Three-and-a-half months after The Great Re-Set trimmed the sails of everyone’s favorite smart city villain, Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan... Read More
Metro Vancouver needs a more Multilingual Translink
By Max Kittner
Accessibility is a key priority of any public transit system. While much-needed efforts are underway in making bus stops and SkyTrain... Read More
Toronto could learn a lot about civic engagement from Edmonton and Calgary
By Tricia Wood
Let’s assume that Doug Ford isn’t going to declare himself Premier-for-life and that one day, we will have another Premier and maybe... Read More
Book Review – The Smart Enough City: Putting Technology In Its Place To Reclaim Our Urban Future
By Sean Ruthen
Author: Ben Green (MIT Press, 2019) This book is about the battle for the future of cities. The smart city may represent the next... Read More
Book Review – Inventing Future Cities
By Erick Villagomez
Author: Michael Batty (MIT Press, 2018) Given the state of the world, it is fair to say that the future of cities is intimately... Read More
REID: On Public Etiquette
By Dylan Reid
It’s not a coincidence that words for people who understand good etiquette – polite, urbane – are derived from classical words for... Read More
Book Review – Code and Clay, Data and Dirt: Five Thousand Years of Urban Media
By Erick Villagomez
Author: Shannon Mattern (University of Minnesota Press, 2017) There is little doubt that the influx of digital technologies is... Read More
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