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Hey, I'm Walking in Los Angeles and You Can Too

Last year I gave a talk at the WIRED 2012 conference about the importance of designing our cities for walking: It's the simplest, fastest way to...

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Bring GOOD Ideas for Cities to Your City: Download Our Toolkit

We've published a toolkit allowing anyone to organize events where local creatives team up with civic leaders to solve real-life urban challenges.

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Three Ideas for Venice, Italy

At an event held at the 13th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy, three teams of architects presented their concepts for the city.

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Marketing Healthy, Local Food

Hurricane Katrina decreased access to healthy food by more than half in New Orleans. How to get fresh local food into the hands of those who need it?

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Making Bus Stops Dignified and Multifunctional

Urban street corners can be dirty and desolate. They're also the places people wait for the bus. How one New Orleans group strived to improve them.

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Building a Food Truck Movement

Food is a central part of New Orleans culture, yet many food trucks have stalled in bureaucracy. How to launch a movement to support these businesses?

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Designing Guerrilla Bike Signage

How to make a city's streets more comfortable for bikers? A team from New Orleans went ahead and installed their own bikeway signage.

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Transforming Urban Trail Wayfinding

How to increase traffic on urban hiking and biking trails? Show how they fit into the larger transportation network with a transit-influenced map.

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Enhancing Transit Stations

Dallas has the largest light rail system in the country by mile. Now how to turn the city's 55 stations into centers of social and economic activity?

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Encouraging Small Businesses

Vacant storefronts keep a healthy block from feeling complete. How to bring small, local business activity to these under-utilized commercial spaces?

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Join GOOD Ideas for Cities at the Biennale in Venice, Italy

Our GOOD Ideas for Cities project is representing the U.S. at the 13th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy. Join us on August 29!

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Making Walkability Fun

How to encourage more people to walk? Start a series of neighborhood walking tours led by kids.

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Promoting Fresh Food Access

Adults living in neighborhoods with no supermarkets have significantly higher obesity rates. How to increase their availability to healthy foods?

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Increasing Parental Involvement

Parental involvement is just as important as a good teacher. How can a city implement a stronger connection between parents and schools?

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Encouraging Energy-Saving Retrofits

Most homeowners know their houses aren't performing to the best of their ability. How can a city motivate its residents to perform energy upgrades?

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Uniting Cultural Institutions

How can local creative institutions work together to attract talent? A group of 20-somethings from Cincinnati has an idea.

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GOOD Ideas for Cities: Making Transit Social

How to get more people using public transit? Turn riding the bus into a social experience by connecting you with nearby friends and fellow riders.

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