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Looking beyond smart cities
Mobility Choices is used to predict transportation mode choices of students at the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) within the Guadalajara …
Could we substitute cars by shared autonomous lightweight vehicles for food delivery? We have developed an agent-based simulation model tha…
MIT City Science has developed an international network of cooperative City Science LabsWe are developing concepts and key technology that …
Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion
The Imaginary Atlas, Brazil explores new urban futures for cities in the heart of Brazil’s forests. In partnership with traditional communi…
The Community Carbon Impact is a data visualization installation created by the MIT City Science group for the Boston Museum of Science's y…
Will the city swallow the forest, or will the forest reclaim the city? Or can we find a third way?The 21st century is a critical momen…
The Community Carbon Impact is a data visualization installation created by MIT City Science for the Boston Museum of Science's yearlong pr…
Optimizing environmental, social, and economic performance of citiesCities play a central role in the climate crisis. According to the late…
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A distributed sensing system for managing water resources in informal communities.
CityFlow is a versatile tool that allows users to design, evaluate, and visualize urban solutions through an llm-integrated, case-based sys…
August 4 – 7 (SUN – TUE), 20249–11:00pm EDTThis is an online 4-day workshop consisting of software tutorials and rapid prototyping. P…
As of August 2020, Ring has active partnerships with over 1400 law enforcement agencies across the US. These partnerships allow law enforce…
Delivery workers, ridehail drivers, and other gig workers are increasingly controlled through algorithmic decision-making, fueled by data a…
The increasing prevalence of large-scale labor aggregation platforms, worker analytics, and algorithmic decision-making by management raise…
The City Science Lab@Guadalajara is a collaboration with the University of Guadalajara (UdeG), a network composed of 15 campuses within the…
A lightweight research platform to develop autonomous technology Designed to transform bicycle-sharing systems into an on-demand mobil…
An Alternative Autonomous Revolution System design for emerging urban contexts and societal aspirationsThe Persuasive Electric Vehicle…
Researchers in the Media Lab’s City Science group discuss the role of AI in building cities where humans can thrive.
In this age of climate change, the NFI's programs are addressed to those who wish to improve the quality of life in cities worldwide.
In an article for the World Economic Forum, former Labber Honghao Deng looks at sustainability research from the City Science group.
Rico, A., Larson, K. & Gamboa, M. Sensor platform for assessment of water usage patterns in informal settlements. Sci Rep 13, 18958 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46236-3
What will be the impact of shared autonomous micro-mobility systems? Will autonomy make the micro-mobility systems even more attractive?&nb…
GeekWire reports on research that people were less likely to visit socioeconomically different areas while returning to pre-pandemic habits.
In a new study, researchers from MIT and other universities show that personal mobility during the Covid-19 pandemic hasn't fully recovered.
Representatives from the City Science Lab @ Shanghai (Tongji University) visited the MIT Media Lab to sign a continuation of their cooperat…
We use high-resolution geospatial data collected from mobile phones to measure social segregation at an unprecedented resolution in cities …
Segregation is hurting our societies and especially our cities. But economic inequality isn't just limited to neighborhoods. The restaurant…
The Algorithmic Zoning project explores dynamically reconfigurable incentives that encourage the pro-social development of urban areas so a…