Wed, Feb 08 2012 at 12:06 PM EST
From train tracks as urban gardens to bus stops as art installations, here are five exciting ways cities around the world are making transit awesome now.Mon, Feb 06 2012 at 5:34 PM EST
As Congress votes to cut funding for public transit in favor of more traffic-snarled sprawl, they'd do well to look to Guadalajara for an example of what happens when you make transit awesome. (Hint: People love it!)Tue, Jan 31 2012 at 11:20 AM EST
From stylish new designs in Miami Beach to simple retrofits in Puerto Vallarta, parking garages, long the enemies of enlightened urban design, are being turned into mixed-use models of sustainable street life.Tue, Jan 24 2012 at 3:30 PM EST
The low-carbon city is designed to ultimately house 40,000 people, offering transport by electric vehicle and a range of other green energy projects.Fri, Dec 09 2011 at 11:07 AM EST
Half the world now lives in cities, and by midcentury 75 percent of us will be urbanites. To make those cities sustainable, look to the 2012 TED Prize and a fascinating new documentary called Urbanized.Mon, Oct 31 2011 at 5:42 PM EST
On Halloween night, every neighborhood pretends to be a walkable neighborhood. The truly sustainable neighborhoods, though, are the ones where kids can go by themselves to get treats the other 364 days of the year.Tue, Oct 25 2011 at 8:04 PM EST
The survey considered exposure of populations to climate related natural hazards and sensitivity of countries in terms of population concentration, development and ability to cope with changes.Wed, Sep 14 2011 at 12:05 PM EST
In Tennessee, the streets are too dangerous for one 10-year-old on a bike. In Copenhagen, the streets are too crowded to accommodate any more kids. The real problem, though, is the one that dare not speak its name: there are too many cars.Mon, Sep 12 2011 at 1:56 PM EST
Built in the 1920s in south central Berlin, the Tempelhof airport shut down in 2008 and reopened in May 2010 as a public park called Tempelhofer Freiheit.Fri, Sep 09 2011 at 7:08 PM EST
The second edition of MNN's Innovation Index finds solar wilting, cleantech booming, deep seas cleared of fish and streets freed of cars. Here are the numbers that matter right now to the sustainable economy.- 1. Recipes
- 2. Valentine's Day
- 3. Earthquake News
- 4. Nissan Leaf
- 5. Chevy Volt
- 6. Wind Power
- 7. Green Cleaning
- 8. Green Technology
- 9. Apple
- 10. Bicycles
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