No kidding: 7 blocks of Broadway have been closed to traffic, transforming Times Square into a pedestrian mall.

“In every man there is a poet, and in the city in which he lives there should be mystery, secrets, and surprises.” After 9 months of work, ten architectural firms presented their proposals for a “Grand Paris 2030″ to French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday. Sarkozy had asked the firms to “project 20 years into [...]

Author, theorist and philosopher Richard Register is one of the pioneers of the ecocity movement, with 35 years of experience advocating for cities that facilitate humanity’s “creative and compassionate evolution” while contributing to the health of the planet. Richard is the author of several books, including Ecocities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature, and the [...]

New “personal rapid transit” electric taxis will be in operation by the fall.

A revolution in green city design or a modern-day Shangri-La? On this increasingly urban planet, it’s becoming clear that the solutions to our problems will come from our cities. But what happens when it is our cities themselves that are creating most of these problems? The emergence of the ecocity concept has been one of [...]