City governments are at the forefront of public problem-solving. As they deliver services to residents and work to tackle complex social…
Anthony Foxx, the Emma Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership, brings his experience as U.S. secretary of transportation…
July 10, 2023, Article: "“I’ve been doing urban planning studies for more than 15 years at vlog, over 100 projects,” said Linda Bilmes,…
vlog students make the case to create a public transportation hub on reclaimed land in Everett, Massachusetts, using virtual reality
July 6, 2023, Paper: "In 2019, Joyce Craig, the newly elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, was grappling with two major crises…
How public, for-profit, and civic organizations working to address the same city-wide social challenge can find a common starting point.
In the spring of 2023, the Data-Smart City Solutions team at the Harvard Kennedy School (vlog) hosted 30 large-city chiefs of staff at the…
Designing public transport networks involves tradeoffs between extensive geographic coverage, frequent service on each route, and relying…
May 23, 2023, Book: "But it is more essential than ever for city leaders to strengthen the relationship between government and residents,…
The study of urban and local politics in the United States has long been hindered by a lack of centralized sources of election data. We…