Municipal governments are riding a volatile wave of economic, ecological, and social change. But one thing is constant—the accelerating spread of digital technologies. More specifically, municipal governments are learning how to use software to measure, analyze, and optimize service delivery.…
Following the publication of The Future of Urban Tech: A Ten-Year Horizon Scan, we began a collaboration with Paris-based think tank Urban AI that is now entering its second year. Over a series of 10 scheduled webinars, we brought together…
Self-repairing roads and sewers. Forests and farms inside buildings. Software that follows our instructions rather than following us around. These are just some of the possibilities and pitfalls for urban tech in the decade ahead. This site is a kaleidoscope…
In the spring of 2020, we began working with Julia Powles, Bianca Wylie, and the team at Minderoo Foundation as part of a larger effort to reset the global conversation about technology platforms and power. Almost as soon as we…
The oceans are at once an e xploited and under-developed resource, a mysterious territory put to use with the most primitive of technologies. As part of our growing partnership with Boston-based bluetech startup platform SeaAhead, we worked with the University…
City governments have a lot of places to turn to for ideas and blueprints about focused ways to use big data and analytics to drive innovation. But there’s nothing to help them think strategically about big data and make coordinated…
How can cities harness AVs to solve pressing mobility challenges? What kinds of pilots can they undertake, and how should they run them? This web-based atlas, researched over two years, provides encyclopedic information on more than 136 cities across the…
The third and final output from our collaboration with Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute on the Initiative on Cities and Autonomous Vehicles was a set of four scenarios. Published in collaboration with the National League of Cities, these scenarios…
In 2017, we developed a primer for 10 global cities working with the Bloomberg Philanthropies on long-term planning for AVs. This briefing book (PDF) offers insights on the big trends taking shape in AVs, and the consensus among experts about the nature…
