Azeem Azhar is one of the great thinkers in disruptive tech and smart cities. This week on the podcast, we release a talk between @azeem and @asymco that took place at the recent Micromobility Europe conference in Amsterdam. Listen below 👇
https://t.co/kmOfTF4tS9
Big news from the Big Apple 🗽⚡️Excited to share NYC Mayor Eric Adams will join Micromobility America (SF Bay Area: Sep 15-16) to explore how small electric vehicles are reshaping life in America’s largest city
Grab 🎟's ASAP before prices go up July 29! https://t.co/WlDCXAA9LZ
Cities from all points of view.
What a wide ranging conversation: @oliverbruce w/ head of the largest bikesharing scheme in North America Laura Fox. Including a book tip for newcomers. On @InfiniteBlockHQ podcast: https://t.co/ADGUfSWET3
Listen to @azeem on @InfiniteBlockHQ, discussing how exponential technologies are impacting geopolitics, changing the nature of cities, and defining our climate future ↘️https://t.co/kL8x2Pblrf
New pod! Tech analyst @azeem explores how exponential tech is disrupting the power balance btwn cities + countries, including: crypto⛓ techodus🏃♀️vertical farms🌱 solar power☀️ TikTok🤳 climate change🌊 why Russia can't shut off Ukraine's internet 🇺🇦 +more
https://t.co/dMRh4XV1pg
New podcast: Bradley Tusk
Awesome conversation with political fixer + VC @bradleytusk about:
• quitting gov for startups
• legalizing Uber
• overcoming political pushback to tech (Bird, Coinbase, Eaze, Lemonade, etc)
• blockchain mobile voting
+ more
https://t.co/8xjc3f8Hm4
"The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or an ant-heap. But it is also a conscious work of art...Mind takes form in the city; and in turn, urban forms condition mind. With language itself, it remains humanity's greatest work of art."
—Lewis Mumford
According to @CityBits_Max, who reported this amazing success story, there are a few key reasons:
🏛 City leaders are all-in on cutting car usage
🚊Huge new investments in transit and cycling
🤝 Strong emphasis on better cooperation/integration between various transit players
New newsletter: 10 years ago Jakarta 🇮🇩 was one of the worst polluted/congested cities in the world. Today it is on the come up as a transit-rich, bike-loving city of tomorrow ✨
How did this SE Asian megalopolis turn things around so quickly? Read on👇
https://t.co/r0cmKPx8vg
“[urbanization] has occurred so quickly that we have not yet had an institutional transition to a city-led political structure.” @asymco in this exciting new newsletter from the team behind @MicromobilityCo.
After a few months of yelling into the void with just my own newsletter, it's nice to know that someone else thinks I'm making sense.
Huge thanks to @InfiniteBlockHQ and @MicromobilityCo for believing in me and publishing this piece on @culdesac, and all of you for reading.
New newsletter just dropped. @CityBits_Max takes a long look at @culdesac's ambitions to build a car-free city from scratch, right in the traffic-clogged heart of the USA🏗️🌆
Is this post-car utopia an oasis or a mirage? (spoiler: we like their odds!)
https://t.co/hyR3TOdb32
Introducing the @InfiniteBlockHQ podcast. For our first episode, @oliverbruce + @asymco reunite to discuss why cities will not only survive the latest disruptions in tech, business, culture, and policy, but emerge stronger. Please enjoy.
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https://t.co/lZTlF3ZidC
Really excited to share this new project we’ve been working on.
Micromobility is connected to a lot more than transport - and we wanted to build something that reflected all the innovations that cities are enabling.
Thus: @InfiniteBlockHQ - new podcast dropping soon!