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How Cities Can Build Better Urban Transit Systems

In the News
WBEZ
Samuel Kling

Urban transportation options abound, and on this segment, we talk about many of them with Sam Kling, global cities fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train passes during a trial run in Jakarta, Indonesia. Global Cities

Ivo Daalder On The 2019 Pritzker Forum On Global Cities

In the News
WBEZ
Ivo H. Daalder

As more people are moving to the cities, the Chicago Council of Global Affairs is drawing attention to how cities can help solve the world’s most pressing issues.

J. Thomas Chapin, vice president of research at UL LLC, speaks at the 2019 Pritzker Forum on Global Cities Global Cities

Chicago Council To Hold Global Cities Forum

In the News
WBEZ
Ivo H. Daalder

Morning Shift talks with the head of the Council about what’s on tap at the 2019 Pritzker Forum on Global Cities.

Ivo Daalder speaks into a microphone at WBEZ Global Cities

How Do Global Cities Shape the World?

Video Series
#AskIvo

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder talks about why cities are critical to understand our future and to solve the shared problems facing humanity.

Outline of the Chicago Skyline and River Global Cities

City Diplomacy on the Rise

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Brian Hanson talks with Penny Abeywardena and Henri-Paul Normandin about cities' diplomatic agendas.

Global Cities

For the Midwest, infrastructure needs go beyond roads and bridges

In the News
The Hill
John Austin

It was a strange reprieve from the ongoing battle between Trump and the Democratic Party when leaders talked amicably about working together on a $2 trillion national infrastructure plan.

Close up view of wires going into a machine with red lights Global Cities

How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing What It Means to Be Human

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Data scientist JT Kostman joins this week's Deep Dish podcast to explain how Artificial Intelligence is rewriting human society.

Google-engineered humanoid robot.
Reuters
Global Cities

To grow Chicago, Lightfoot must keep city on a global stage

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Missing from Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot's agenda is any mention of a global strategy for Chicago. The city needs one.

Lori Lightfoot Global Cities

What Lori Lightfoot Can Do About The City's Parking Meter Deal

In the News
WBEZ
Samuel Kling

Transportation and urban planning expert Sam Kling joins the Morning Shift to share his recommendations for how the incoming Lightfoot administration can change the parking meter deal.

A man uses a parking meter kiosk across the street from a church Global Cities

That parking meter deal is still haunting Chicago. Here's one fix Lightfoot can make.

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Samuel Kling

The meter deal requires the city to maintain a vast, costly supply of on-street parking in central areas, even as demand for such parking progressively weakens.

A sign for "Pay to Park" in downtown Chicago Global Cities