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Do Driverless Cars Need Their Own Roads Around Manhattan? — By Benjamin Schneider | CityLab

Odette Bohr Dienel — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 21:04:28 +0000

“A concept for AV expressways promises to reduce travel times, but falls into an old trap of car-centric planning.”

What is a city? The SDGs depend on an answer — By Brendon Bosworth | GreenBiz

Odette Bohr Dienel — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 18:16:19 +0000

“This month, urban thinkers from the United Nations, the European Commission and other organizations are meeting in Brussels to continue a curiously complex attempt: developing a universal definition of the “city.””

Climate of Hope — By Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope

Odette Bohr Dienel — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:26:37 +0000

“Bloomberg, an entrepreneur and former mayor of New York City, and Pope, a lifelong environmental leader, approach climate change from different perspectives, yet they arrive at similar conclusions.”

The 2015 Fuller Challenge Semi-Finalists | The Buckminster Fuller Institute

Odette Bohr Dienel — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 23:08:32 +0000

“Now in its 8th annual cycle with the strongest applicant pool yet, including the most diverse pool of program entrants to date creating change in 136 countries, The Fuller Challenge remains the only award specifically working to identify and catalyze individuals and teams employing a whole systems approach to problem solving.”

Urban growth: Solitair tree nursery | Monocle

Odette Bohr Dienel — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:22:12 +0000

Cities are often seen as the flipside of nature: synthetic, sleek and sometimes impersonal. For places that pine after being greener, the Solitair tree nursery provides a blueprint.

Smart urban planning in Amsterdam — Feargus O’Sullivan | CityLab

Odette Bohr Dienel — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 14:48:02 +0000

“Instead of treating Amsterdam as complete and starting again elsewhere, the IJburg plan has managed to find more space in a city that thought it had no more left.”