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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

New York City's Global Experience Builds the Case for City Diplomacy

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Global Insight by Penny Abeywardena

The New York experience demonstrates how we can work together through city diplomacy to create meaningful impact.

View of downtown Manhattan, New York City
Florian Wehde
Global Cities

Pedestrian Deaths Are On The Rise

In the News
WBEZ
Samuel Kling

Pedestrian deaths are at their highest rate in nearly 30 years, according to a new report issued by the Governors Highway Safety Association.

Traffic moves along smoothly on a stretch of Lake Shore Drive Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 in Chicago Global Cities

Global Engagement Key Driver of Midwest Prosperity

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Global Insight by John Austin

For the Midwest to thrive in the global economy, it needs to open its doors to the world, not shut it out.

View of the Chicago skyline from a west-side railway
Reuters
Global Economy

Chicago Aims High With Renewable Energy Goals For 2035

In the News
WBEZ
Karen Weigert

Chicago plans on transitioning all of its buildings to 100 percent renewable energy by 2035 and to electrify the CTA bus fleet by 2040.

Lights illuminate the downtown Chicago skyline Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, in Chicago Tech and Science

Global Cities in the International System: A New Era of Governance

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Global Insight by Simon Curtis

Global cities are the best candidates to form novel transnational political assemblages that can scale up to the level of global challenges.

The Tokyo skyline at dusk with a view of the Tokyo Tower.
Louie Martinez
Global Cities

It's Time for Cities to Flex Their Soft Power

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Global Insight by Robert Muggah

Our international affairs are still being determined by nation-states, however, the imbalance between cities and nation-states is no longer acceptable.

View of a busy Tokyo at night time.
Andre Benz
Global Cities

Germany Accelerates Change in Its "Rust Belt"

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Global Insight by John Austin

Both the United States and Germany are seeing evolving economies in their respective "rust belts," formerly robust engines of the industrial era.

German factory.
Moritz Ludtke
Global Cities

Chicago's New Regional Plan: Big Talk, Smaller Walk

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Global Insight by Samuel Kling

The product of a three-year effort, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's On to 2050 plan stresses big ideas but tells a more modest story.

Chicago Bean
Christopher Alvarenga
Global Cities

Cities Combatting Urban Violence

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

A panel of experts discusses how cities can combat urban violence.

Yellow "police line - do not cross" tape blocks an intersection
Reuters
Global Cities