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

Carl De Keyzer

How to Save the City

Urban areas are preparing for the effects of climate change, but adaptation isn't easy More »

How Wifi Is Reinventing Our City Parks

A walk through New York City's Bryant Park is a walk through time More »
Northern Star

Stockholm runs on green energy and wants to export it to the world More »
Cities Rush into High Speed Internet

Kansas City is hoping better internet access can attract jobs to the rustbelt city More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Los Angeles Tries a Car Conversion

Pollution fears drives LA officials to try to make their city the Detroit of electric vehicles More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Torino's Lingotto

Architect Renzo Piano's transformation of an antiquated car factory reinvigorates a dying company town More »
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 »
Photos: London Builds for 2012

London is already hard at work on the legacy of the 2012 Olympics More »
Photos: The Power of Cities

Four metros unleash their creative and technological energy More »