Embracing Flexibility, Sociability of Disruptive Technology Trends
The MiCa apartment building in Chicago’s Logan Square. Renters are paying a premium to be close to transit and amenities like rooftop outdoor space. (Ian Spula) At a recent ULI Chicago event, speakers...
View ArticleULI Global Trustees Ponder Impact of Driverless Technology
From left to right: Jon Zehner, global cohead, client capital group, LaSalle Investment Management, London; Calvin Gladney, managing partner, Mosaic Urban Partners, Washington, D.C.; Jonathan Brinsden,...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Hurdles Facing Autonomous Vehicles in Busy Downtowns
Jakob Owens/Unsplash Last December, car-sharing giant Uber abruptly loaded its prototype autonomous cars onto a trailer and moved its program from California to Arizona after a dispute with state...
View ArticleHow San Diego’s Smart City Tech Is Reducing Traffic, Saving Energy
Robert Lamb/Unsplash San Diego is rolling out the largest city-based Internet of Things (IoT) network in the world, with deployment 3,200 smart sensors to upgrade the city’s infrastructure and enhance...
View ArticleAutonomous Vehicles: Hype and Potential
Autonomous cars could achieve efficiencies by communicating with each other and coordinating their movements. Every new transportation technology affects the geography of communities and the structure...
View ArticleAttracting Millennial Workers to Florida: Transit Could Help
A rendering of the West Palm Beach station for the Brightline, a privately funded rail line, with service projected to begin between Miami and West Palm Beach in mid-2017. Construction of the...
View ArticleBuilding on Success of TOD in Seattle with ST3
An overview of what the Sound Transit system surrounding Seattle Washington, will look like when it is fully built out in 2042. (Courtesy of Sound Transit) When Sound Transit completes its third phase...
View ArticleFreeway Lids: Reconnecting Communities and Creating New Land for Development
The Metropolitan Design Center at the University of Minneapolis has developed renderings of potential lid projects at key sites along the I-94 corridor between Minneapolis and St. Paul. (image courtesy...
View ArticleUrban Infrastructure: The Growing Influence of Atlanta’s BeltLine
Author and urban designer Ryan Gravel speaking at the ULI 2017 Carolinas Meeting. For Ryan Gravel—an urban planner by training who initially proposed the concept of the BeltLine in his Georgia Tech...
View ArticleSeattle’s Transportation Transformation
The First Hill Streetcar in Seattle’s International District. (© Seattle Department of Transportation, Creative Commons License) Today in Seattle, you can stand on Third Avenue between Pike and Pine...
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