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California City is a city in the desert that never came to be. But much of its skeleton remains. A recent tour explored the ghost of this unbuilt city.

March 24, 2010 - Good

Activists have turned the site of a former inner-city freeway in San Francisco into a community garden.

March 21, 2010 - Good

This post from GOOD looks at a bill from California state senator Alan Lowenthal that seeks to incentivize cities into reforming their parking rules.

February 26, 2010 - Good

This paper animation clip by Rob Carter shows the urban growth and development of Charlotte, North Carolina over time.

February 14, 2010 - Good

Kyla Fullenwider offer ten simple ideas to improve the livability of your block.

February 10, 2010 - Good

GOOD takes a look at five of the nation's biggest public transit systems and compares their ridership, average speeds, and average miles per trip.

February 4, 2010 - Good

This post from GOOD looks at how a street can become a bicycle corridor.

February 3, 2010 - Good

Cityscape Farms has developed a new technique for farming fish along with vegetables in combined urban food systems that allows them to farm in developed areas.

January 29, 2010 - Good

Traffic is expensive. This infographic from GOOD looks at how much congestion costs cities and what they are trying to do to cut down the traffic.

January 29, 2010 - Good

With the devastation in Haiti fresh in mind, Good's Alissa Walker takes a look at the growing practice of sharing design ideas.

January 28, 2010 - Good

GOOD introduces us to Sourcemap, a project from the MIT Media Lab that visually tracks the origins of the components that make up everyday products.

January 21, 2010 - Good

This infographic from GOOD looks at how city departments can use technology to better share data, and improve communication with citizens and streamline city services.

January 19, 2010 - Good

This infographic from GOOD tracks the top recipients of money from the federal stimulus package and how that money is being used.

December 16, 2009 - Good

Using a real city as the setting for a video game can be kinda touchy -- especially if it's a less-than-complimentary reimagining of the city as a zombie wasteland. Post-Katrina New Orleans gets the dystopian video game treatment.

December 8, 2009 - Good

Massachusetts has made home energy generation more attractive by allowing individuals to sell excess energy back to utility companies.

December 2, 2009 - Good

Golf courses use dangerous pesticides and hundreds of thousands of gallons of water to maintain their manicured look. Many people would like to change that. But some golf courses says you can have your cake and tee off, too.

November 4, 2009 - Good

As part of GOOD's Top 100 Ideas of 2009, author Jacob Gordon celebrates the fact that other standards of efficiency are gaining traction abroad and in the US.

October 10, 2009 - Good

This series of infographics and posts from Good looks at innovations within a variety of world cities that improve city organization and operation -- from traffic to energy production to water conservation.

September 26, 2009 - Good

From the increase of city living to the decrease in vehicle miles traveled, a "new American Dream" is developing, according to Carol Coletta. But without cohesion, the benefits of these developments aren't likely to make a big impact.

August 22, 2009 - Good

This infographic from Good shows how unemployment numbers compare in various metros in the country.

August 6, 2009 - Good