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

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For Electricity 2.0, a Short Circuit in Boulder

Getting the smart grid right is hugely important, not just for Boulder but for cities everywhere More »

What Makes a City Intelligent? You do.

The National Building Museum Intelligent Cities initiative explores how data, tech and you can better our cities and lives. 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 »
London: Turning Access into Apps

Making data more freely available is creating a more manageable metro More »
Video: What Makes a City Smart?

Prominent U.S. Mayors discuss what is needed to build intelligent cities that can compete in the global economy More »
Photos: Freeing Its Data, London Turns Access into Apps

The London Datastore 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, making the city more friendly, transparent and efficient More »
Want to Improve Your City? There's an App for That

Cities around the U.S. are promoting the development of smart-phone apps that allow individuals access to info that until recently was warehoused at city hall More »
What Torino Can Teach Cleveland

How an old industrial town restaged itself for a new century More »
Torino's Lingotto

Architect Renzo Piano's transformation of an antiquated car factory reinvigorates a dying company town More »
Taking on Banks

A Cleveland housing court judge is making owners and banks pay to keep properties and communities from becoming blighted More »
Skip Traffic

This summer the Georgia Department of Transportation will complete the construction of a so-called high-occupancy toll lane More »
City Centered

To double exports and create jobs, the U.S. has to invest more in its metro areas More »
Photos: The Power of Cities

Four metros unleash their creative and technological energy More »
Why Cities Are Key to American Success

Bruce Katz from the Brookings Institution explains why cities shape the global economy — and what the U.S. can do to keep up More »
Photos: London Builds for 2012

London is already hard at work on the legacy of the 2012 Olympics More »