Considering a company whose mission is to “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” I think it’s safe to say that Google’s map division has met and exceeded all expectations ...

The stimulus package, known formally as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, has raised hopes but also concerns about its potential effects on sustainable transportation. Will enough funds be allocated to transportation and ...

For foreigners moonlighting in Beijing like myself, navigating the concrete jungle of China’s capital can be quite intimidating.

The news is a few days old, but I think it’s really fascinating that New York is considering selling partial naming rights to the Atlantic/Pacific station, the second busiest station in Brooklyn. The Times article on the sale gives some very useful context to the sale. The MTA has been trying to sell naming rights [...]

Who doesn’t love a little friendly competition?
The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) this month launched Smarter Cities, a multimedia Web site and interactive mapping tool that shows how U.S.

This summer, residents in Chicago and the surrounding region will be asked to plan for their own future, thanks to a collaboration between the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning and a real-life version of SimCity, known as MetroQuest.
From the University of British Columbia Public Affairs:

How do you want your city to look in 100 years? [...]

The world’s first Urban EcoMap combines the social networking capabilities of Facebook with the geographical data of Google Maps to help urbanites reduce their carbon emissions. Image via Urban EcoMap.
Just in time for Earth Day last week, Cisco IBSG and San Francisco’s Department of the Environment unveiled Urban EcoMap, a Web-based tool that “provides urban [...]

SeeClickFix, founded in New Haven, Conn., allows users to report issues about problems in their community.
Giant potholes on your route to work? Obstructed views of oncoming traffic? Broken sewer grate?
Report these and other non-emergency issues to SeeClickFix.com, a free social networking and online mapping tool (powered by Google Maps) that “provides technology to empower citizens, [...]

SeeClickFix, founded in New Haven, Conn., allows users to report issues about problems in their community.

Giant potholes on your route to work? Obstructed views of oncoming traffic? Broken sewer grate?

EMBARQ -- the World Resources Institute Centre for Sustainable Transport -- has shown interest in telecom data as a planning tool. Formed in 2002, the association acts as a catalyst for socially, financially, and environmentally sound solutions to the problems of urban mobility.