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http://99percentinvisible.org/article/new-uses-old-digs-excavating-adapting-underground-architecture/
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99 Percent Invisible
Mexico City is massive and famous for its urban sprawl, thanks in part to height restrictions forcing the city to grow out rather than up. There are also preservation considerations in play: no one wants to demolish historic old low-rise architecture downtown. In the face of these limitations, some designers have pitched unusual but provocative ways to
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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7gxy9/the-broken-algorithm-that-poisoned-american-transportation-v27n3
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Vice
For the last 70 years, American transportation planners have been using the same model to decide what to build. There’s just one problem: it’s often wrong.
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Pedestrians are now switching to a combination of motorized and non-motorized transport to reduce carbon footprint.
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Unless something is done to clear up space junk, space exploration may be in jeopardy.
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http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669244/by-2050-70-of-the-worlds-population-will-be-urban-is-that-a-good-thing
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Fast Company
Cities have intense problems associated with them. But those same problems make them into engines of innovation.
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https://news.microsoft.com/2021/06/30/att-to-run-its-mobility-network-on-microsofts-azure-for-operators-cloud-delivering-cost-efficient-5g-services-at-scale/
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Microsoft
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https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/edjg87/how_crucial_is_the_region_xinjiang_for_the/
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91 votes, 39 comments. I was wondering if the "reeducation camps" in Xinjiang have a deeper reason than just to sinicizate the Uyghur people. In …
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https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-12-28/xi-jinping-s-plan-for-china-to-dominate-the-world
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https://www.govtech.com/analytics/Making-Cities-More-Walkable-with-Better-Data-and-Technology.html
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Govtech
A city’s walkability contributes to improved health outcomes for residents, lower crime rates and increased civic engagement. Governments can use data and artificial intelligence to improve their streets for pedestrians.
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https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/11/unbuilt-tokyo-depthscrapers-and-a-million-person-pyramid
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The Guardian
Had the creators of the underground skyscraper had their way, the Japanese capital might have looked very different indeed
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http://www.quantumrun.com/prediction/big-business-future-behind-self-driving-cars-future-transportation-p2
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Quantumrun
The year is 2021. You’re driving down the highway on your daily commute. You approach a car that’s stubbornly driving at the max speed limit. You decide to pass this overly law-abiding driver, except when you do, you discover there’s no one in the front seat.
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Scientists are debating whether to make the Anthropocene Age an official geological unit as the effects of human civilization continue to wreak havoc on the planet.
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https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/sand-crisis-looms-world-population-surges-un-warns-2022-04-26/
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Reuters
A U.N. report on Tuesday called for urgent action to avert a "sand crisis," including a ban on beach extraction as demand surges to 50 billion tonnes a year amid population growth and urbanisation.
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https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/road-tests-for-certain-types-of-driver-licenses-set-to-resume-in-b-c-1004179406/
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Canadian Under Writer
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http://www.city-journal.org/html/if-you-build-it-14606.html
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City Journal
Among Bernie Sanders’s many proposals during his presidential run was a plan for Washington to spend $1 trillion on public infrastructure. Read more here.
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Companies are developing technologies to allow cars and city traffic networks to communicate with each other to solve road issues.
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https://www.rt.com/business/349425-china-worlds-largest-city/#.V3qRzGVEx3B.reddit
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Russia Today
Beijing says it is going to build the world’s biggest city with an economy expected at around $2 trillion. By 2030 the megacity will combine nine large cities that currently have a population of 57 million people.
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As autonomous vehicle testing and deployment continues to roll out, local governments must decide on cohesive laws that would regulate these machines.
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http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/future-urban-planning-zoning-drones
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Popular Science
How we can make our lives with flying robots not suck.
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https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/zoomlion-releases-world-s-first-hybrid-all-terrain-crane-driving-industry-s-new-energy-revolution-878268383.html
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PR Newswire
/PRNewswire/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. ("Zoomlion"; 1157.HK) has released the world's first hybrid all-terrain crane...
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https://www.wired.com/2017/05/apple-park-new-silicon-valley-campus/
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Wired
Flawless curves, milled aluminum, endless glass, walled garden—sounds like an Apple product. In fact, it’s the company’s biggest launch ever.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/world/asia/chinas-great-uprooting-moving-250-million-into-cities.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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New York Times
A 12-year plan to move hundreds of millions of rural residents into cities is intended to spur economic growth, but could have unintended consequences, skeptics warn.