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• Categorized in Smart cities

  What cities need now

  Smart cities haven’t brought the tangible improvements that many hoped they would. What comes next?
• Categorized in Climate change

  How megacities could lead the fight against climate change

  Reducing emissions in a few of the world’s most populous cities could have an outsized impact on climate change.
• Categorized in Tech policy

  Inside the rise of police department real-time crime centers

  Police departments want to know as much as they legally can. But does ever-greater surveillance technology serve the public interest?
• Categorized in Smart cities

  The pandemic could remake public transportation for the better

  Remix is helping transit agencies figure out what comes next for the post-pandemic commute.
• Categorized in Smart cities

  One city’s fight to solve its sewage problem with sensors

  America’s aging sewers need $1 trillion in repairs, but officials in South Bend, Indiana, have a plan to make them smarter.
• Categorized in Smart cities

  What’s bigger than a megacity? China’s planned city clusters

  Five regions with as many as 100 million people each aim to deliver the benefits of urbanization without the headaches.
• Categorized in Humans and technology

  These drone photos show urban inequality around the world

  From Mumbai, to Silicon Valley, to Long Beach, California, this drone photography project illuminates scars in the urban fabric.
• Categorized in Humans and technology

  How technology helped archaeologists dig deeper

  Digital tools can help us understand ancient cities and the people who lived in them.