MARK BURRY

“China is the best place in the world to start your own laboratory,” said one researcher who left Yale for Beijing.

Source: China increasingly challenges American dominance of science – The Washington Post

The former lord mayor oversaw a stagnant bicycle budget and briefly advocated for such retrograde ideas as returning cars to Swanston Street.

Source: Cycling: Right track can put the dark Doyle years behind us

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-metro-tunnel-station-designs-revealed-20180530-p4zibt.html

Maglev trains: why aren’t we gliding home on hovering carriages? | Technology | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/29/maglev-magnetic-levitation-domestic-travel

Tomorrow’s cities: Google’s Toronto city built ‘from the internet up’ – BBC News

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41414872

Cities for Tomorrow Video Channel

https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000005337097/police-chief-on-immigration-crackdown.html

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/big-ideas-full-program-podcast/id164330831?mt=2&i=1000410253324

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