How residents can help cities stand up to extreme weather

When Cha

What innovation coaches learned by training 35 city hall teams

These 35 are the Champion Cities in this year’s Bloomberg Philanth

How citizen input supercharged three energy-saving ideas

Last March, when

How virtual reality is helping create real change in cities

Mid-sized cities test new approaches to reducing traffic

When a driverless shuttle bus hits the streets of Lincoln, Neb., this summer, it won’t just be a milestone moment for autonomous vehicles.

How one fire chief is fighting “compassion fatigue” as overdoses mount

Jan Rader didn’t set out to become the face of first responders struggling with the toll of seeing one opioid overdose after another.

How the sharing economy helped one city tighten its belt

Why buy when you can borrow?

5 ways U.S. cities are solving America’s biggest challenges

Thirty-five U.S. cities, from as large as Los Angeles and as small as Ithaca, N.Y., are about to launch into an unprecedented experiment to solve some of our country’s biggest challenges.

The Mayors Challenge: Unleashing the power of public prototyping

Just about every

How a public-private partnership boosted wellbeing in Santa Monica, Calif.

When tragedy struck Santa Monica, Calif., in the form of a gang shooting and very public 9th-grade student’s suicide, people in the California community of nearly 100,000 began to