• Regionalism: Smart Region Initiatives Overrule City Councils

    Utility companies are wedging their way into regional governance to facilitate the installation and implementation of smart city technology throughout a region. Note the article states “co-lead”, which means they are not the main driver of regionalization. ⁃ TN EditorThanks to their scale and infrastructure, electric utilities can play a central role in creating smart regions, and reap the benefits.
    The emergence of next-generation technologies, such as the Internet of Thi
  • Atlantic Council Takes Over ‘100 Resilient Cities’ From Rockefeller Foundation

    Since 1973, the Atlantic Council has been a hotbed of Trilateral Commission members and initiatives. Founded by David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski, the Commission resuscitated historic Technocracy and fed it to the United Nations as Sustainable Development. Today, both are steeped in UN initiatives and its Sustainable Development Goals. ⁃ TN EditorThe Atlantic Council and Rockefeller Foundation announced the launch of the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, whic
  • Sustainable Mobility: Half Of All City Trips By Bicycle By 2030

    The NGO Bycs is promoting the election of ‘Bike Mayors’ in cities around the world in order to get people out of their cars altogether in favor of bicycles. This has been a general initiative of Agenda 21 since 1992. ⁃ TN EditorWhen the first “bicycle mayor–a person who serves as a connecting point between city departments, nonprofits, and other bike advocates– was chosen in Amsterdam in 2016, the idea was to help an already bike-obsessed city become even mor

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