Smart City

On this episode of Smart City, Scott Bernstein of the Center for Neighborhood Technology discusses the Housing and Transportation Affordability Index.

Smart City talks with economist Ed Glaeser and architecture critic Randy Gragg about cities, their histories and their futures.

This episode of Smart City includes a discussion about charrettes with Bill Lennertz of the National Charrette Institute.

This episode of Smart City looks at riverfront redevelopment as a tool for recreating cities.

Walkable neighborhoods will be the new American dream, according to land strategist and developer Chris Leinberger in this interview from Smart City.

Smart City interviews Chicago's branding expert, Paul O'Connor, about how to brand a city.

Imagining new uses for outdated railroads is creating exciting new opportunities for central cities.

Smart City Radio interviews Alex Garvin on planning for the Olympics to Atlanta's Beltline.

The research is in, and the results are clear: parks add economic value to cities.

Miami promises to throw out its antiquated zoning code and start anew to make Miami the city its citizens want it to be.

Author Dan Pink and architect and planner Andres Duany are guests on this week's Smart City Radio Show.

60 million new Americans will need new schools, new roads, new water systems, just as states and cities have hit hard times.

Design is a too-often overlooked asset that adds value to cities.

When it comes to developing a city, the second time around is not easier.

Real estate developers transform cities -- sometimes in ways we applaud, and other times in ways that make us cringe.

There are a couple of new trends about where people and jobs are moving that may surprise you.

Land acquistion, site clean-up, codes, even NIMBYism make new development in existing neighborhoods difficult.

Traffic jams are bringing America's commute to a crawl. Some cities are fighting back by stepping up their investment in transit.

Can a city experience be packaged and delivered? Or is it something that just happens with the right combination of serendipitous elements?

Smart City Radio show host Carol Colletta talks with developers from Denver and Baltimore taking on tough in-fill projects in their cities.