Governance

February 17, 2014

How Vancouver’s Olympic legacy is shaping the future of transit

Vancouver used an innovative public-private partnership to build the Canada Line light rail for the 2010 Olympics. Now, rail projects in Edmonton, Denver and Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. view Vancouver as a model.

March 4, 2014

Dubai is focus of urban drone competition

The United Arab Emirates is offering a million dollar prize for the best design of an urban drone, the AP reports.

February 19, 2014

How Canada does public-private partnerships

Canada has joined Europe and Australia as a leader in using "P3s" for all manner of infrastructure projects. In an interview with Citiscope, PPP Canada CEO John McBride explains how it works.

February 19, 2014

European Commission lays groundwork for EU ‘urban agenda’

A European Commission paper on the future of cities sets the stage for a Europe-wide "urban agenda."

February 11, 2014

Naming streets in urban slums part of a “street-based” upgrading approach

In fast-growing cities of the developing world, naming streets is just one step in improving city services. The World Bank’s Catherine Farvacque-Vitkovic explains.

February 10, 2014

Where the streets now have names

Ghana is on a national quest to name all of its city streets. It's an exercise that rapidly urbanizing cities across the developing world can learn from.

February 3, 2014

Participatory budgeting in Brazil nets positive outcomes

Writing in The Washington Post, political scientists Brian Wampler and Mike Touchton report that cities where citizens have control over a piece of the municipal budget invest more in education and sanitation.

January 20, 2014

Lagos touted as model for cities in broken states

Despite its slums and poverty, the quality of governance in Lagos has been improving, Seth Kaplan writes in the New York Times.

January 17, 2014

Britain’s run with elected city mayors yields positive results but few takers

Outside of London, not many cities in the UK have opted to have an elected mayor with executive powers. Local government expert Robin Hambleton says they’re missing out.

January 14, 2014

Bristol Mayor George Ferguson: “I’m not prepared to just fiddle at the edges of things”

In an interview with Citiscope, Bristol's first elected mayor discusses the ideas that will shape the future of his city.

January 13, 2014

In George Ferguson, Bristol’s first elected mayor is also its innovator-in-chief

Nine English cities said no to having an elected mayor. Bristol voters said yes. The man they picked for the job wants Bristol to be a model medium-sized city for Britain and all the world.

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