Intelligent Cities
TIME explores the evolving, deep-rooted connections between technology and ever expanding cities — from education and energy to government, health care and transportation
How Wifi Is Reinventing Our City Parks
A walk through New York City's Bryant Park is a walk through time More »
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Northern Star
Stockholm runs on green energy and wants to export it to the world More »
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Cities Rush into High Speed Internet
Kansas City is hoping better internet access can attract jobs to the rustbelt city More »
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Making Over Lagos
The governor has a plan: turn one of the world's worst cities into one of the best. It just might work More »
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NYC Greens its Buildings
A plan to transition apartment high-rises from heating oils to natural gas could improve air quality in the Big Apple More »
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Long Bus, Short Wait
Curitiba may be the original smart city with an urban-design strategy whose centerpiece was an affordable and efficient transportation system More »
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What Makes a City Intelligent? You do.
Join the National Building Museum Intelligent Cities forum on June 6 exploring how data and tech can improve our cities. More »
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Photos: Shanghai Dismantles Its World Expo Site
Now that Expo 2010 is over, the host city embraces sustainability as the basis of its plans for the next phase of redevelopment. The event that trumpeted "Better city, better life" as its motto must now fulfill that pledge More »
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A Road Map to the Future
Planning to boost its population by 20%, Singapore develops ways to manage its expansion — and then export what it learns to other cities More »
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Los Angeles Tries a Car Conversion
Pollution fears drives LA officials to try to make their city the Detroit of electric vehicles More »
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Video: Tackling Traffic in L.A.
Los Angeles has developed a mass transit plan and financing strategy that could become a national model despite budget shortfalls More »
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Video Commentary
Bill Saporito is assistant managing editor for TIME Magazine, and is an adviser for the National Building Museum's Intelligent Cities initiative More »
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Photos: London Frees Its Data
London urges the city's agencies and civil servants to put their data into a public repository where anyone can access it, graph it, map it or track it More »
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Torino's Lingotto
Architect Renzo Piano's transformation of an antiquated car factory reinvigorates a dying company town More »
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Wired, Green and Connected
Countries in Asia and the Middle East are building cities from scratch, focusing on interconnectivity, technology and eco-friendly development More »
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Photos: London Builds for 2012
London is already hard at work on the legacy of the 2012 Olympics More »
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Photos: The Power of Cities
Four metros unleash their creative and technological energy More »
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A Shining City on a Hill
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Strategic Singapore
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Saving the Bath Water Too
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Taming Shanghai's Sprawl
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A Short Circuit in Boulder
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London: Turning Access into Apps
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What Torino Can Teach Cleveland
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Want to Improve Your City? There's an App for That
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Congestion Pricing: To Skip Traffic, Atlanta Says Pay Up
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