In cities like Beijing with aging populations, design and infrastructure changes can help make public transit systems more accessible. Photo: Besides the Obvious/Shutterstock As people live longer and ...
In Belo Horizonte and Campinas, health workers are witnessing mounting heat-related impacts and the growing strain on their ability to provide responsive care firsthand. Photo: Roosevelt Cássio/WRI ...
This series, supported by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations, discusses walking and cycling in cities with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries. Many cities have streets ...
Newly planted trees line the Piassa-Mexico-Sarbet-Gotera-Wollo Sefer corridor in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Implemented during the first phase of the city’s corridor development project, the trees provide ...
Our impressions of a city are formed mainly by the quality of public spaces. If they are not pleasant and preserved, or if they transmit a sense of insecurity, we will seldom return. Good planning of ...
Oslo’s City Ring Road after multimodal safety improvements. Photo courtesy of City of Oslo, Norway In 2015, the City of Oslo, Norway, made a commitment after years of rising transportation injuries to ...
Nossa Cidade (“Our City”), from TheCityFix Brasil, explores critical questions for building more sustainable cities. Every month features a new theme. Leaning on the expertise of researchers and ...
Walking is the oldest, most democratic way to get around. But as urban areas have become more sprawled, walking has slowly been suffocated by other modes of transport that are less healthy for both ...
Electric vehicles charge in China. By 2035, China is expected to account for at least half of all retired electric vehicle batteries. Photo: YoungNH/iStock Most electric vehicle (EV) batteries are ...
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