August 2011
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Share Your Ideas for Smarter Cities by email and...
You can also contribute to the collaboration by email, from your computer or phone. Just send email to: smartercities@tumblr.com and include:
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IBM team helping Providence improve... →
In this city celebrating its 375th anniversary, the process of getting a building permit has become complicated over the centuries, involving multiple offices and multiple approvals.
“Cities are struggling with how to streamline this process,” says Tracy J. McNairn, an IBM employee who is part of a company team that has descended on Providence for three weeks to help the city make one...
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IBM's Irving Wladawsky-Berger sings praises of... →
A former IBM executive who helped to establish the company’s Linux operation has provided an overview of how IBM plans to use the operating system in its future platforms.
Dr Irving Wladawsky-Berger, chairman emeritus of the IBM Academy of Technology, told attendees at the LinuxCon conference that IBM originally chose Linux for its versatility and scalability.
Wladawsky-Berger...
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Placemaking for Communities →
Richard Florida tweeted this link from Project for Public Spaces. It’s telling that communities are thriving by creating places based on input from the stakeholders in the community, as opposed to the old project-based and design-led process. Perhaps all communities (virtual and real) can learn from this.
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Protected bicycle parking at Union Station?
No such place exists according to this thread on Chainlink.
Not good planning on this one Chicago.
Update - sent messages to Metra, Amtrak and the city saying they should get on top of this. Monday morning procrastination at it’s best.
via thegreenurbanist:
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Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and...
In which G. West explains the simple mathematical laws that govern the properties of cities - wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city’s population.
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RedZone Robotics - Saving time, money & the... →
One of our biggest and least recognized problems in the U.S. is with our aging sewer infrastructure. The EPA estimates that between $300-500 billion is needed to rehabilitate our infrastructure. The average age of a U.S. pipeline is 76 years and today this is leading to big problems for municipalities. RedZone Robotics is a leading innovator in Robotic Inspection platforms for wastewater...
