Liveblogged notes of Zachary Neal‘s talk on community integration and cohesion at the RSA. In this talk he’s going to focus on micro networks. Are diverse communities possible? Tha answer’s grim: no. But there is a bright…
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Brighton and Hove: becoming an open data, collaborative city
I’m at the Open Data Cities conference all day. And this is the opening session: Sadly, John Barradell, chief executive of Brighton and Hove City Council isn’t with us, as he’s sick. He’s got stand ins:…
RSA - The Spirit of Cities
One of the advantages of often using the RSA House as my London office is that there are some really excellent lunchtime events in my workplace. Today, Avner de-Shalit, professor of democracy and human rights at the Hebrew University of…
Pop Up People: Rethinking Our Town Centres
Online shopping. Out of town retail. The economy. Our town centres have problems. Dan Thompson, the man behind the empty shop we used for the [Brighton Future of News journalism day](http://shorehambfongproject.tumblr.com/), and the guy who started…
Congestion Charging in the Big Apple
John Massengale makes a compelling argument for the extension of congestion charging to New York: Why do we allow millions of New Yorkers to be inconvenienced and poisoned by a small number of drivers who would rather sit in traffic…