In Boulder, Colorado, U.S. — a recognized child-friendly city — families enjoy the shallow Boulder Creek renovation, ...

Urban news & analysis from WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities ...

Located on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Kibera is one of the Africa’s largest informal settlements. Photo: Nick NA/Shutterstock There’s a growing housing crisis that’s impossible to ignore.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul, where an elevated expressway was demolished to make way for a massive public recreation space. Photo by Aleksandr Zykov Road development throughout the 20th century was ...

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 ...

For many city leaders, more cars and more highways mean better transportation. And during the current pandemic, fear of COVID-19’s spread is pushing some to turn to private vehicles. But a safe, ...

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 ...

From left to right: Ana Maria Pinto, IDB Transport Division Chief; Mohamed Mezghani, International Association of Public Transport (UITP) Secretary General; Claudia Diaz, Bogotá’s Secretary of ...