By Jonathan Zettel
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Urban Planet: ‘Brussels Express’ documents difficulties for bike couriers in a world built for cars
Watch this documentary about what it is like for a group of bike couriers – who literally started from scratch – in one of Europe’s most...
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Urban Planet: Report calls for examination of American funding for suburban sprawl
A report by Smart Growth America is calling for an examination of federal real estate spending. Currently the American government subsidizes suburban...
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Urban Planet: Romania is growing green sustainable cities
Since 2007, when they joined the European Union, Romania has been pushing towards greener, more sustainable cities. Urban regeneration, reduced energy...
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Urban Planet: New York rolls out wayfinding signs
New York City’s transportation commission has installed maps across the city to promote businesses and pedestrian activity throughout the city...
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Urban Planet: Art structure made of bicycles
It took 760 bicycles stacked on top of each other to create this massive art structure. Chinese artist Ai Weiwei produced the stunning work of art as part...
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Urban Planet: Introducing Wendy the smog-eater
This giant spiky blue pavilion, known as Wendy, is making its rounds to showcase how architecture can stretch the limits, ignite the human imagination...
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Urban Planet: NASA-NOAA cities at night
Check out these stunning space visuals of sprawling city lights etching their way across the earth. Scientists from NASA and NOAA are using these...
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Urban Planet: Soda bottle lights
In low income communities across the globe, natural light is often unavailable in windowless homes crowded together under corrugated metal roofs. Even on...
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Urban Planet: Walkability boosts city’s ecomony
After being hit hard by the national housing crisis, the city of Lancaster in California, was looking for ways to grow. With the newly built Lancaster...
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Urban Planet: Living green in Tokyo
Japan might not be first country that comes to mind when we think about ground breaking environmental living, but that’s changing. From urban farms...
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Urban Planet: 100% recycled bike
Desiging the world’s first 100% recycled bicycle wasn’t easy, but company The ReCycle was able to overcome major challenges to present the...
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Urban Planet: The agricultural cliff
While the fiscal cliff is dominating news in the States, there is a growing concern about the agricultural cliff. Farmers are growing older, and few are...