Category Archives: City of the Future

The New York Times talks about a German town withut cars… Is it the city of the future?

My friend, Elon Musk, sent me this as a reminder: In his later years, film-maker Walt Disney became obsessed with futurism, and in particular how cities should be designed. He tried to bring his ideas to fruition in the Experimental … Continue reading →

Great name ideas were submitted in the comments and in emails to the last post on naming the City of the Future project. After hours and hours of searching, here is a list of the domains that are now registered: … Continue reading →

A friend of mine, Bradley, wrote me the following email, which I thought that I would share: While traveling around the country by Jeep, I spent a little time listening to Trucker Radio. The current diesel costs and the impact … Continue reading →

The pioneering spirit upon which we built this country with property and ownership must change. We are emnarking on a grand social experiment to find a better way.

Complex problems can usually be stripped back to “core problems,” and the “problem simplification” approach holds true with energy. Looking at energy today, there is a complex web of interwoven issues: production, storgae, transmission, consumption, efficiency, conservation, etc. At the … Continue reading →

The City of the Future project needs a name and a domain name. Development of the technology is now underway, and has been for some time. The name, however, remains illusive. The goal of the project is to have everyone … Continue reading →

The goal of the "City of the Future project" (COTF) is to have thousands of people contribute ideas that lead to the construction of one or more new cities. Good progress has been made on the planning. The initial system … Continue reading →

There is a working prototype of the software for planning the City of the Future (COTF) written in Ruby on Rails. However, given the fact the design goal is a repository of information for concepts surround the planning and construction … Continue reading →