A first step toward the future of neighborhood design
Introducing our generative design tool, which can help generate millions of planning scenarios — and identify options that best reflect local priorities.
12 Dec
Sidewalk Talk
Announcement
Announcing Replica’s spin-out and Series A
9 Sep
We ran traffic simulations on our people-first street designs. Here’s what we found
By making it easier and safer to walk, bike, and ride transit, street flow improves for everyone — even drivers.
9 Sep
Civic engagement
Collab: A new digital tool for community participation
Sidewalk Labs and Digital Public Square teamed up on a new prototype to help people shape their communities.
5 May
Transportation
Four principles for the future of city streets
Cities can leverage design and technology to re-think our streets for pedestrians, bikes, and transit.
4 Apr
public realm
How can we bring transparency to urban tech? These icons are a first step.
Our “Digital Transparency in the Public Realm” project brought people around the world together to co-create a visual language to demystify the tech in cities.
4 Apr
What makes a public space great?
Our open-source app, CommonSpace, gives park operators and communities a new tool to study that vital question.
3 Mar
Blog Post
The macro impact of micro-climates
A Sidewalk Talk Q&A with Goncalo Pedro about shaping our buildings and public spaces to make a more comfortable public realm.
9 Sep
Features
Bringing Up Baby … Downtown
To keep families, more North American cities are turning to a suite of planning and design innovations, from play space to stroller ramps to adventure parks.
7 Jul
Features
The secrets to a lasting mixed-income neighborhood
Like many global cities, Toronto has become increasingly segregated into wealthy enclaves and boroughs of poverty. But one area that bucked the trend offers lessons for the future.
6 Jun
Model Lab
Introducing Replica, a next-generation urban planning tool
De-identified location data can help answer key transportation questions — from a regional level all the way down to a city block.
4 Apr
15 Innovations That Shaped the City
GTFS: The Promise of Data-Driven Public Transit
Standardized transit data is a harbinger of a future where the fastest way to get around doesn’t require a private car.
11 Nov
Blog Post
Making the most of city parks and the public realm means learning more about how people use them.
Making the most of city parks and the public realm means learning more about how people use them.
6 Jun
Open-Source Tool
A first step toward creating a digital planning laboratory is populating it
Introducing Doppelgänger, Model Lab’s open-source population synthesizer.
6 Jun
MAP DEMO
How the L train shutdown will impact your commute
Our NYC Transit Explorer shows how long it takes to get anywhere in the city by bus or subway. Even during L-mageddon.
2 Feb
GUEST POST
The transformative potential of real-time transportation coordination
By Kevin Webb
1 Jan
Blog Post
The benefits of turning housing construction into housing production
Much residential housing is still built the same way it was 50 years ago, despite emerging technologies that can help reduce costs and increase affordability.
12 Dec
Blog Post
Improving urban mobility starts with better travel data
New digital tools can help us gain better insights into how people move around cities, and ask better questions about what we want our transportation systems to achieve.
12 Dec
BLOG POST
Circling for parking is terrible for cities. Let’s put an end to it.
By connecting drivers to spaces at the start of a trip, tech can help fight the curse of cruising.
9 Sep
FEATURE
The First Principles of Urbanism: Part II
Digital technology can be good or bad for cities. Which way it goes depends on how well technologists and urbanists work together.
9 Sep