Urban Planning

New York might be known as the city that never sleeps, but it turns out there's a lot less shuteye happening in smaller urban areas across the globe. And it's not because of nightlife, but artificial light emitted from buildings and infrastructure.

Just weeks after launching the fastest EV chargers in the US, Gravity Technologies has revealed new 200-kW curbside chargers to bring its fast-charging to the streets. The new hardware is said to be the same size as Level 2 chargers but 30x faster.

As urban underground landscapes heat up, the swelling and contraction they're experiencing is putting stress on the buildings above that they weren't designed to handle. So says a new study that calls the effect a "silent hazard."

Using old insurance maps, researchers enabled a machine-learning system to create 3D models of neighborhoods that no longer exist. The technique could lead to VR tours of the 'hoods, as well as provide data on the various impacts of urbanization.

Toyota is clearing some 175 acres of land in the shadow of Mt. Fuji to build and test a ground-up, solar- and hydrogen-powered smart city prototype full of autonomous vehicles, subterranean deliveries, domestic robots and other high-tech goodies.

Chinese sustainable technology giant BYD added​ another major business to its portfolio on September 1 with the opening of SkyRail, the first implementation of the company's proprietary monorail transit solution.

Sasaki Associates recently unveiled an ambitious master plan to create a huge mixed-use development in Iskandar, Malaysia. Dubbed Forest City, the multi-phase project is billed as a new cultural and economic hub for the region.

Rail infrastructure has a tendency to split cities into two, beyond just its physical route. A station in Denmark, however, will use clever design to negate any such sense of separation. Vinge Train Station will use an undulating concourse that allows the city to flow seamlessly across the tracks.