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Solving Cities
Tyler Falk
Tyler Falk
Contributing Editor
Tyler Falk freelance journalist based in Washington, D.C. Previously, he was with Smart Growth America and Grist. He holds a degree from Goshen College.
Tyler Falk
Tyler does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what he covers.
He writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Claire Lambrecht
Claire Lambrecht
Contributing Editor
Claire Lambrecht is a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. She has written for the New York Times, Slate, Salon, Guernica and CBS MoneyWatch. Previously, she served as a Fulbright ETA and Teach For America corps member. She holds degrees from Cornell University and the University of Hawaii and is pursuing another from New York University.
Claire Lambrecht
Claire does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Rachel James
Rachel James
Contributing Editor
Rachel James is a radio documentary producer and multimedia journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. She has worked with Radiolab and This American Life, contributed to WNYC's Talk To Me, Down East Magazine, KALW's Crosscurrents and the Third Coast International Audio Festival. She holds a degree from the University of Toronto and is a graduate of the radio program at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies.
Rachel James
Rachel does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Hot Posts
Archive: 10-2011
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Replacing Google Street View with complete 3D models of cities [video]
After digitizing tourist hotspots, the creator of Microsoft’s PhotoSynth isn’t resting on his laurels — his next target is the entire planet.
October 26, 2011, 10:29 AM PDT | By Christopher Mims
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London bans polluting vehicles in ‘Low Emission Zone’
London is working to clean up its air by charging a stiff fee to drivers of high-polluting vehicles within much of the Greater London region.
October 25, 2011, 7:47 PM PDT | By Tyler Falk
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Top 10 most innovative cities
Are the most innovative cities in the world located in the U.S.? One Australian-based agency says so. Find out which cities are the most innovative in the world.
October 20, 2011, 8:15 PM PDT | By Tyler Falk
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Turning huge mining pits into off-the-grid cities
Could inverted skyscrapers built in old mine pits be the most sustainable way to live in the desert?
October 19, 2011, 9:23 PM PDT | By Tyler Falk
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Urban heat islands barely contribute to global warming
While cities radiate with higher temperature than the rural world, the urban heat island effect might play less of a role in global warming than you might imagine.
October 19, 2011, 5:24 PM PDT | By Tyler Falk
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Occupy Wall Street’s invisible asset
What started out as a protest in New York City has now spread throughout 900 cities around the world. But the Occupy Wall Street protest might not have started at all in New York City without the...
October 19, 2011, 4:39 AM PDT | By Tyler Falk
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How one city stops crime before it happens
In Santa Cruz, Calif. police are testing a tool that is helping them to predict the spots in the city where a crime is most likely to take place.
October 17, 2011, 7:50 PM PDT | By Tyler Falk
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Walkability in surprising places
The U.S. might be a car-dependent nation, but Richard Florida finds some interested trends in walkability in the largest U.S. cities.
October 14, 2011, 5:07 AM PDT | By Tyler Falk
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China’s urban population boom: too big too fast?
More than 100 million people are expected to migrate from China’s countryside into its cities by 2020, posing major challenges for city planners.
October 13, 2011, 5:11 PM PDT | By Tyler Falk
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Haunting images of deserted shopping malls
Photographer Brian Ulrich’s ‘Is This Place Great or What’ is a meditation on what the future of our cities won’t be — oversize, sterile and driven by...
October 6, 2011, 11:20 AM PDT | By Christopher Mims