Home is where I am right now.  If you’re reading this, I hope you have a safe home to be in and that is where you are too. Or, you’re on the way back there in line with the dizzying pace of regulatory change that many of our cities are experiencing in the time of…

Some customers prefer greenmarkets to shopping inside during the coronavirus outbreak. Last week, rules were introduced to keep the markets safe.

City leaders are grappling with the unimaginable—the protection of their entire community from a threat the likes of which many of us have never seen.  Amid all this chaos, we continue to need robust, two-way communication with the public we serve, even if they cannot or should not meet with us in person.  A

We have the opportunity to emerge from this pandemic stronger as a society than ever before—but you have to know where to invest.

If Plan A is the government and Plan B is industry, then Plan C is for civic action. Here are the people taking the lead to make a difference in the face of Covid-19

Last week, we held our first ever online conference. TICTeC, mySociety's annual Impacts of Civic Technology conference, was to have run in Reykjavik on 24 and 25 March, but those plans were, like so many others, scuppered by the COVID-19 outbreak. Instead, on those same dates, 180 people from 30...

Taiwan is being hailed for its strong and swift response to the coronavirus, and the case numbers support that praise. As of Thursday, Taiwan had 267 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with two deaths…

Urban resilience expert Michael Berkowitz shares ideas about how U.S. cities can come back stronger from the social and economic disruption of coronavirus.

Author of ‘Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics’, Nanjala Nyabola, spoke about the tension between citizen, state and corporations - which has been amplified by Coronavirus.

Local efforts that nurture and strengthen connectivity, support workers, and foster creativity will be vital as we mitigate the COVID-19 fallout.

On January 21st, I traveled from Shanghai, my adopted home, via a one-day layover in Los Angeles, on my way to spend several weeks in Boston for some non-critical medical treatments. The next day, the first case of Coronavirus hit Shanghai. Four days later, my husband, who owns an import-export business joined me in the …

Plus, government advocacy groups create coronavirus resources online; state governments build digital platforms to centralize response efforts; top local gov philanthropy group convenes virtual workshops; and more.

The civic technology community are “helpers,” the type of people you want with you in an emergency. They’re people who intervene to prevent an emergency. Sitting here in Seattle, the COVID-19…

We’ve all found ourselves with more time on our hands and how we use that time matters.

In light of the COVID-19/Coronavirus epidemic, city leaders must respond by maintaining situational awareness, communicating with residents, and taking actions to limit the spread of the virus. Below is a set of solutions for cities to use during this time.

We can have beautiful cities without turning our cities into surveillance cities.Cities across the U.S. are forcing operators of shared bikes and scooters to use dangerous and privacy invasive APIs developed by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. These APIs—collectively called th

Across the United States, independent newsrooms are finding ways to share stories, ideas, tips, and knowledge about a virus that doesn't limit itself to anyone's audience boundaries.

 “No man is an island”, as English poet John Donne famously wrote. The ties people establish within a community tell us how healthy democratic life is. Be it in a municipality, a region, or a country, the quality of these systems of relations exemplifies …

Shady trees mean less air conditioning and increased worker productivity in the summer months.

Sponsored: Drexel’s Urban Strategy graduate program builds civic engagement skills with students and neighborhood residents in order to power their community change work.

Will COVID-19 change how cities are designed? Michele Acuto of the Connected Cities Lab talks about density, urbanization and pandemic preparation.  

· Trust in business and government’s ability to address issues in line with citizens’ needs is at an all-time low. · Trade associations and multi-stakeholder global partnerships are so far largely…

Op-ed: Transportation planning without equity is a road to nowhere.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautions everyone to be prepared for the Coronavirus. The City of San Francisco has declared a state of emergency, one conference after the next is being canceled, and other large public gatherings are starting to be discouraged. How might a pandemic affect