MARK BURRY

Techies v San Francisco: how the city’s struggles sparked a blame game | US news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/27/san-francisco-tech-industry-scooters-homelessness

NYTimes: Cars Are Ruining Our Cities

Wonders never cease:

“We might be living through a new age of miracles. Last month, Los Angeles decided against adding lanes to a freeway, an unexpected move in a city that has mistakenly thought for years that more lanes mean fewer traffic jams.”

Read on …

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/opinion/cars-ruining-cities.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

Finland to end basic income trial after two years | World news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/23/finland-to-end-basic-income-trial-after-two-years

How Windmills as Wide as Jumbo Jets Are Making Clean Energy Mainstream – The New York Times

https://nyti.ms/2K6aaeQ

Suburban offices have surged to the top of the shopping lists of commercial property investors, ahead of all other asset classes, a new survey shows.

Source: Suburban offices top shopping list for commercial property investors | afr.com

From Shanghai to Nairobi, designers, architects, and planners are using advanced materials, smart science, and big data to make cities better than ever.

Source: 8 Cities That Show You What the Future Will Look Like | WIRED

The smart city is, to many urban thinkers, just a buzzphrase that has outlived its usefulness: ‘the wrong idea pitched in the wrong way to the wrong people’. So why did that happen – and what’s coming in its place, asks Steven Poole

Source: The truth about smart cities: ‘In the end, they will destroy democracy’ | Cities | The Guardian

The Aussie Tesla: Start-up plans to build electric cars in Australia

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/the-aussie-tesla-start-up-plans-to-build-electric-cars-in-australia-20180413-p4z9fj.html

IAG research says automated vehicles decades away

http://www.afr.com/brand/chanticleer/iag-research-says-automated-vehicles-decades-away-20180410-h0yk3i?btis

The struggle for Melbourne: has the world’s ‘most liveable’ city lost its way? | Cities | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/apr/09/the-struggle-for-melbourne-has-the-worlds-most-liveable-city-lost-its-way