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- Recommendations from the first meeting of China’s urban policy unit in 38 years https://www.citymetric.com/fabric/china-s-urban-policy-unit-just-met-first-time-38-years-here-s-what-it-recommended-1904 41 comments
- Tokyo proves that housing shortages are a political choice https://www.citymetric.com/fabric/tokyo-proves-housing-shortages-are-political-choice-4623 212 comments
- Poor public transport explains the UK’s productivity puzzle https://www.citymetric.com/transport/birmingham-isn-t-big-city-peak-times-how-poor-public-transport-explains-uk-s-productivity 118 comments
- Why has Victoria tube station started to smell like roast meat? https://www.citymetric.com/business/why-has-victoria-tube-station-started-smell-roast-meat-3777 18 comments
- A new orbital moon station could take us to Mars and beyond. Here’s how https://www.citymetric.com/horizons/new-orbital-moon-station-could-take-us-mars-and-beyond-here-s-how-3369 3 comments space
- The Edinburgh Festival is suffocating a once great city https://www.citymetric.com/horizons/edinburgh-festival-suffocating-once-great-city-4745 4 comments worldnews
- Extreme weather and climate change are threatening bridges with collapse https://www.citymetric.com/fabric/extreme-weather-and-climate-change-are-threatening-bridges-collapse-4735 5 comments europe
- “Birmingham isn’t a big city at peak times”: How poor public transport explains the UK’s productivity puzzle https://www.citymetric.com/transport/birmingham-isn-t-big-city-peak-times-how-poor-public-transport-explains-uk-s-productivity 4 comments europe
- True ‘Smart Cities’ should invest in libraries https://www.citymetric.com/horizons/true-smart-cities-should-invest-libraries-3860 73 comments books
- Could self-driving cars make crossings or traffic lights redundant? https://www.citymetric.com/transport/could-self-driving-cars-make-crossings-or-traffic-lights-redundant-3814 4 comments technology
- What’s the best way to cross the Thames in London? We’ve ranked all 63 options http://www.citymetric.com/fabric/what-s-best-way-cross-thames-london-we-ve-ranked-all-63-options-3161 6 comments europe
- London's Tube has been running so long it's literally raising the temperature of the earth around it http://www.citymetric.com/transport/londons-tube-has-been-running-so-long-its-literally-raising-temperature-earth-around-it 8 comments europe
- “Super-slugs” are invading British gardens – and we don’t know how to stop them http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/super-slugs-are-invading-british-gardens-and-we-don-t-know-how-stop-them-2967 20 comments europe
- You could swing the presidential election by moving a single county between states http://www.citymetric.com/politics/you-could-swing-presidential-election-moving-single-county-between-states-2622 18 comments politics
- Detroit didn't fail. It was sabotaged: on the decades' long collapse of America's industrial colossus | CityMetric http://www.citymetric.com/politics/detroit-didn-t-fail-it-was-sabotaged-decades-long-collapse-america-s-industrial-colossus 3 comments politics
- From Paris to Amsterdam in 30 minutes: the team hoping to bring the hyperloop to Europe http://www.citymetric.com/transport/paris-amsterdam-30-minutes-team-hoping-bring-hyperloop-europe-1910 9 comments technology
- London only reached its pre-WW2 population level in January, 2015. [x-post from r/TIL] http://www.citymetric.com/skylines/week-when-londons-population-will-finally-overtake-its-previous-peak-606 9 comments europe
- Stop telling the public we’re not doomed, says climate change scientist http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/stop-telling-public-we-re-not-doomed-says-climate-change-scientist-1514 1700 comments nottheonion
- Ninevah, Antioch, Lepcis Magna: The "global cities" of the Ancient World http://www.citymetric.com/skylines/ninevah-antioch-lepcis-magna-global-cities-ancient-world-1450 3 comments history
- In the 1920s, a German architect proposed damming the Mediterranean to create a supercontinent http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/1920s-german-architect-proposed-damming-mediterranean-create-supercontinent-1411 45 comments history
- "Moving Day": How 1 million New Yorkers used to move house on the same day every year http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/moving-day-how-1-million-new-yorkers-used-move-house-same-day-every-year-1320 54 comments history
- Drought in a megacity: Sao Paulo is withering after a dry "wet season".Citizens of one of the most densely populated areas in South America – the Sao Paulo metropolitan area (SPMA) in southeastern Brazil – are struggling with one of the nastiest water crises in decades. http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/drought-megacity-sao-paulo-withering-after-dry-wet-season-1244 22 comments worldnews
- “Doha has just three days’ supply”: are water shortages the biggest threat to the Middle East? :Saudi Arabia alone burns 1.5m barrels of oil every day to desalinate water, an amount equivalent to the daily oil consumption of Italy http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/doha-has-just-three-days-supply-are-water-shortages-biggest-threat-middle-east-1234 25 comments worldnews
- This is why self-driving cars will be programmed to let cyclists rule the roads http://www.citymetric.com/transport/why-self-driving-cars-will-be-programmed-let-cyclists-rule-roads-1200 17 comments bicycling
- This is why self-driving cars will be programmed to let cyclists rule the roads | CityMetric http://www.citymetric.com/transport/why-self-driving-cars-will-be-programmed-let-cyclists-rule-roads-1200 100 comments technology
- You can see Berlin’s east-west divide from space http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/you-can-see-berlin-s-east-west-divide-space-886 3 comments europe
- Cyclist commuters never hit red lights in Copenhagen http://www.citymetric.com/transport/cyclist-commuters-never-hit-red-lights-copenhagen-616 3 comments bicycling
- The hole in Bucharest that’s become a wetland paradise http://www.citymetric.com/skylines/hole-bucharest-s-become-nature-reserve-398 9 comments europe
- Latvian Cyclists Dressed Up as Cars to Show How Bicycles Cut Traffic http://www.citymetric.com/transport/latvian-cyclists-dressed-cars-show-how-bikes-cut-traffic-379 7 comments bicycling
- All-in-one waste incinerator/ski slope/power station to be built near Copenhagen http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/all-one-waste-incineratorski-slopepower-station-be-built-near-copenhagen-364 3 comments europe
- The EU could create a 50km rail tunnel to link Helsinki and Tallinn http://www.citymetric.com/transport/eu-could-create-50km-rail-tunnel-link-helsinki-and-tallinn-348 291 comments europe
- Should your robot driver kill you to save a child's life? How should autonomous cars react in difficult ethical situations? Who Decides? http://www.citymetric.com/horizons/should-your-robot-driver-kill-you-save-child-s-life 60 comments technology
- Chart: Eastern Europe's incredible shrinking cities http://www.citymetric.com/chart-eastern-europes-incredible-shrinking-cities 3 comments europe
- India’s new government is spending £700m on new smart cities http://www.citymetric.com/india-s-new-government-spending-700m-new-smart-cities 22 comments india
- A controversial new app tells you where the “sketchy” parts of US cities are http://www.citymetric.com/politics/controversial-new-app-tells-you-where-sketchy-parts-us-cities-are 5 comments technology
- Boston is installing solar-powered phone-recharging benches http://www.citymetric.com/boston-installing-solar-powered-phone-recharging-benches 11 comments technology