traffic These US cities have the worst traffic and Los Angeles isn't even in the top five David Pescovitz
new york city Bell bottoms, subway graffiti, and a sleazier Times Square in this great archival footage of New York City in the 1970s (video) David Pescovitz
san francisco Captivating first-person video from a San Francisco cable car in the 1960s David Pescovitz
COVID-19 Vacant office space in San Francisco doubled to 12 million square feet in 2020 Mark Frauenfelder
crime US Conference of Mayors adopts a resolution to never pay off ransomware attackers Cory Doctorow
Business The empirical impact of Lyft and Uber on cities: congestion (especially downtown, especially during "surges"), overworked drivers Cory Doctorow
DRONES Autonomous boats in some cities could transport people, shuttle goods, and self-assemble into structures David Pescovitz
happy mutants To save the Earth, stack humans in green cities and leave the wilderness for other animals Cory Doctorow