Cityspeak

Marwa Al-Sabouni: The Architecture of Peace

Marwa Al-Sabouni is an architect born, raised, and presently living in Syria. Despite the outbreak of the civil war in 2011, Al-Sabouni chose to remain in her home countr

Brad Hargreaves: The Co-Living Movement

Living with roommates is no longer a lifestyle reserved for college students. In the last five years, as many as one in five individuals aged 40 and above lives with roo

Emily Hamilton: Inclusionary Zoning and Its Exclusionary Effects

Inclusionary zoning is a policy born of good intentions. On its face, inclusionary zoning policies mandate that real estate developers allocate a certain percentage of n

Viggy Ganapathy: If R2-D2 Delivered Pizza

Famed urbanist Jane Jacobs once compared the city sidewalk to a ballet, calling it a "complex order...always replete with new improvisations." Soon, this ballet will feat

Alex Israel: The Shape of Parking to Come

Alex Israel is the CEO and founder of Metropolis, a mobility technology company that has set its sights on the one of the largest, but frequently overlooked fixtures of t

Dylan Casey: Suing Cities for Housing

What does one do when cities stop permitting housing? Sue them. Dylan Casey is the Executive Director of the California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund, an orga

Anne-Claire Binter: Urban Design and Child Cognitive Health

Any parent knows that it is during a child's earliest years that one ought to be the most careful. What they eat, what they watch, even what they listen to are all f

Jordan Justus: Decongesting the Curb

The rise of e-commerce and on-demand delivery has jammed up the curbside with delivery vehicles. Frequently, these vehicles are left double-parked as their drivers race t

Bjarke Ingels, Roni Bahar, Nick Chim: Homes Should Be Products, Too

How to solve as stubborn a problem as housing affordability? Perhaps start by putting an entrepreneur, a technologist, and a world-famous architect in the same room. Bjar

Ritu Narayan: Upgrading the Yellow School Bus

The design of school buses in the U.S. has remained mostly unchanged for decades, yet school buses make up the largest public transportation system in the country, moving

Joel Klein: Why Public School Is the Best Place to Learn from Others (Especially in NYC)

Joel Klein graduated from public high school in Queens in 1963. Nearly 40 years later, he was appointed Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education. Tune in f

Bert Kaufman: Make Way for the Self-Driving Cars

Bert Kaufman is the head of corporate and regulatory affairs at Zoox, the autonomous vehicle arm of Amazon. He discusses what's in store for cities when self-driving

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy: Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Infrastructure

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana was part of a coterie of ten Senators largely responsible for getting the $1 trillion infrastructure package to the President'

Sheila Foster: A Fresh Approach to Urban Governance

Professor Sheila Foster is the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy at Georgetown University Law Center, where she researches and lectures on environmental

William Butler-Adams: How the Brompton Bicycle Redefined City Living

Will Butler-Adams is the CEO of Brompton Bicycle, the manufacturer of the world-renowned Brompton folding bike. The Brompton is beloved by urban cyclists around the world

Vince Bertoni: How to Plan the City of Angels

In the season finale of CitySpeak, Los Angeles City Planning Director Vince Bertoni shares some of the joys and challenges of running one of the largest urban planning or

Yan Krymsky: Gas Stations in the Age of Electric Vehicles

With nearly 600 gas stations dotting the Los Angeles landscape, the rise of the electric vehicle presents an opportunity for the city to repurpose a significant portion o

Eric Jaffe: Sidewalk Labs and Its Vision for Urban Innovation

Eric Jaffe is the Editorial Director at Sidewalk Labs, an urban innovation company with a plan to tackle sustainability and affordability in cities around the world. Eric

Ken Steif: Data and Decision-Making in the Public Sector

Ken Steif is a data scientist, city planner, and professor at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design, where he leads the school’s Master of Urban Spatia

Saskia Sassen: The City’s Sociologist

Saskia Sassen is the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University where she researches globalization and migration in the context of global cities, a term