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A Citizen-Led Civic Intervention in Detroit
Pictures from Detroit Civic Intervention, a 48-hour, all-hands-on-deck workshop to renew a local landmark.
Read & DiscussPlacemaking 101: Ten Steps to Transform a Public Space
Learn how to bring vacant parking lots and lonely street corners back to life with these tips from Project for Public Spaces.
Read & DiscussCzech Towns Enlist Cardboard Police in Mini-Skirts to Slow Traffic
Cash-strapped Czech towns have found a solution for dealing with speedy drivers: Female police officers in mini-skirts.
Read & DiscussAnother Study Proves What We Already Knew: Walkability Improves Quality of Life
According to a new study how walkable your neighborhood is directly impacts your quality of life.
Read & DiscussHow To: Start a Creative Reuse Revolution in Your Community in 5 Steps
Lisa Hernandez opened the Long Beach Center for Creative Reuse with one simple guiding principal: one man's trash is another's treasure.
Read & DiscussBJYKIKL Bikes for Everyone
Yesterday Ikea surprised its 12,400 U.S. employees with brand new assemble-it-yourself bicycles.
Read & DiscussVideo: This Is What a Bicycle Parking Garage Looks Like
At the Groningen rail station in the Netherlands there are enough parking spaces for 10,000 bikes even though the population is only 188,000.
Read & DiscussHappiness Calculator: How Happy Are Americans, Really?
Does money buy happiness? Americans spent over $45 billion during Thanksgiving weekend, but we're still near the bottom of the Happy Planet Index.
Read & DiscussDualing Tea Parties
The World Tea Party, a Unesco-ratified public art project, is planning to sue the American Tea Party movement for defamation.
Read & DiscussVideo: The Future of Street Art?
Pahln takes a decidedly modern approach to street art by combining stop motion animation with stencils and long-form exposure.
Read & DiscussVideo: Choreographed Snow in Buffalo Becomes Winter Park
Watch how choreographed snow plows will transform piles of slush into a winter wonderland in Buffalo's Front Park.
Read & DiscussSteal this Idea: Pop-up Cafes in Parking Spaces
New York's parking space sized pop-up cafes program will expand next year. Could your city be next?
Read & DiscussBest Bus Route in America Contest: Winners Announced
Congratulations to the winners of our Best Bus Route in America challenge: Arthur Cherry and Alex Burchard.
Read & DiscussGoogle Donates $1 Million to Highline
Google donates $1 million dollars to the Highline in an effort to win over its neighbors in Chelsea.
Read & DiscussEvent: Green Patriot Posters Come to Los Angeles
Our friends at The Canary Project are bringing their Green Patriot Posters initiative to Los Angeles tomorrow night.
Read & DiscussVideo: Spike Jonze Directs New Arcade Fire Video
A new Arcade Fire video by Spike Jonze asks if the suburbs as benign as we thought.
Read & DiscussVote for the Best Bus Route in America
Check out the finalists, and vote for your favorite, in the Best Bus Routes in America contest.
Read & DiscussL.A. County to Ban Plastic Bags
Los Angeles County passed a strict ban on single use plastic bags today. The ordinance will apply to unincorporated parts of the county but not...
Read & DiscussAre Cell Phones the Cigarettes of the 21st Century?
There's an alarming amount of research that shows cell phones may not be as benign as we thought.
Read & DiscussMIT Unveils Stackable Car
MIT's stackable, dual-passenger CityCar is expected to get between 150 and 200 miles per gallon.
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