In the Driverless City, How Will Our Streets Be Used?
A glut of speculative plans reimagine the future streetscape. But is it a road to nowhere?
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At Boston's BSA Space, a New Exhibition Explores the Latest Smart City Tech
Balancing Act: Urbanism & Emerging Technologies avoids grandiose ground-up smart city developments, instead focusing on designs that could impact life in existing cities.
Sidewalk Labs Releases Master Plan for Its Toronto Smart City Development
After extensive community outreach, the Google-owned tech and infrastructure company has put forth an ambitious plan for a sustainable and inclusive neighborhood.
Bridging the Gap Between Everyday Citizens and New Smart Cities Tech
At the recent Smart Cities New York conference, experts and officials grappled with helping residents understand the benefits of—and put their trust in—new urban technologies.
Cities Are Not Technology Problems: What Smart Cities Companies Get Wrong
Many companies equate new technology with innovation, but actual innovation in cities means using tech in concert with bureaucracy, on-the-ground awareness, and challenging political choices.
Hudson Yards Promised a High-Tech Neighborhood—It Was a Greater Challenge Than Expected
While Hudson Yards delivers on some advanced infrastructure, its initial promises of urban data-driven management have (so far) proved more aspirational than practical.
CES 2019 Recap: The Technologies and Ideas Shaping Cities
#CES2019 provided insight into how city governments and the private sector are reimagining the urban landscape, especially vis-a-vis transportation.
CES 2019: Why Architects and Designers Should Care About 5G Wireless
This forthcoming generation of cellular network promises to power a new wave of smart city and mobility technologies.
What We’re Expecting at This Year’s CES
With the tech industry facing scandals and fresh challenges, will its tone around smart cities, autonomous vehicles, and other innovations be more restrained in 2019?
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs Reveals What Its Toronto Smart City May Look Like
While questions surrounding data collection loom, the renderings hint at what the technology company hopes to achieve on the Toronto waterfront.
SOM Thinks Autonomous Vehicles Could Rapidly Change How Cities Grow and Develop
Existing streets could host new high-tech transportation services, though ensuring those new transit systems bring equitable growth is a challenge.
Smart Cities Conference Raises Concerns About Those Left Behind by Technology
Numerous panels of a recent smart cities conference in New York–including a keynote from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel—highlighted how technology could exacerbate today's inequalities.
As Technology Reshapes Cities' Economies and Daily Life, We Risk Widening Inequality
SOM is leading the redesign of the James A. Farley Post Office into the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Train Hall, a rail station that will anchor real estate development on Manhattan's Far West Side.© Empire State Development,…
CES 2018: Find All Our Coverage Here
Metropolis was at CES in Las Vegas to get the latest on how new technologies are shaping tomorrow's cities.
CES 2018: When It Comes to Autonomous Vehicles, Ford Thinks Beyond "Disruption"
Metropolis talked to Jessica Robinson, the mobility company's director of city solutions, about how she's paving the way for the future of transit.
CES 2018: Watch Our Interviews With Three Smart Cities Experts
Metropolis interviewed experts from Honda, the City of Las Vegas, and Deloitte about how technology is changing cities.
CES 2018: Why Cities Need to Start Addressing Cyber Security Challenges
"If you get hacked in a physical system, people die," says Sokwoo Rhee of the Department of Commerce.
CES 2018: Autonomous Vehicles Aren't Here Yet, But Their Development Is Already Reshaping Cities
While fully driverless vehicles still face major hurdles, car companies are realizing technologies now that could quickly inform urban planning and transit.
CES 2018: 3 Key Takeaways on the Future of Smart Buildings
For the smart building experts at Amazon and Schneider Electric, the future is already here.
CES 2018: Why Smart City Data "Is the New Oil"
At Day 2 of CES, experts explained the unique challenges facing government agencies and private companies seeking to captialize on smart city data.
