Urban Life in the Metaverse: Potential for Utopia or Wholly Unnecessary?
South Korea’s capital city of Seoul recently unveiled plans to become the first major city government with a solid foothold in the metaverse. Both a result...
Sound Transit Launches New Link Real-Time Arrival Information at Stations
Link light rail passengers just got a big improvement. On Tuesday, Sound Transit launched new real-time arrival information at light rail stations to provide...
Sunday Video: Dutch Cities Are Better For The Climate
As a companion to Climate Town's crossover video with Not Just Bikes on American cities, suburbs, and climate, Not Just Bikes looks at how...
Midweek Video: Can Miami Replace Silicon Valley?
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Miami has over 300 highrises and a climate that many desire. The city's mayor is hoping to lure tech business and jobs from Silicon...
Map of the Week: Hogwarts Express
Who says transit can't be fun? Every once and while, mapheads put together some creative, nerdy maps like the Game of Thrones world à la Google Maps and neon...
Transit App Rolls Out Local Update
The Transit App gave the Puget Sound a very quiet, but welcome update last week. The long-awaited—and constantly requested—integration of scheduled data for Community Transit was...
Midweek Video: How Insulated Glass Changed Architecture
Insulated glass has become ubiquitous, but it wasn’t always that way. Vox explains how insulated glass came about and how it changed architecture in...
Smart Cities Require Better Digital Privacy Planning
We’ve moved beyond the initial excitement about the sizzle of smart cities. The basic idea—much heralded but limited so far in practical application—is to...