Archive - Urban Proxima

An American case for building new cities

We need to remember how to build things.

Published on The Elysian • Apr 11

March 2025

Things people do in cars

Use your imagination (now make it grosser)

Mar 3 •

February 2025

January 2025

Urbanism-as-a-Service

The New Cities Part III: Solving problems that people actually have

Jan 27 •

Outsourcing Sovereignty

The New Cities Part II: An economist, an entrepreneur, and a small Latin American country all walk into a bar

Jan 20 •

That Time Google Tried to Build a Neighborhood

The New Cities Part I: An Interview with Andrew Miller, former Associate Director of Mobility at Sidewalk Labs

Jan 12 •

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What self-driving cars mean for the city

Spoiler: it’s about more than just traffic

Jan 5 •

December 2024

Urban Proxima 2024

The year in review

Dec 16, 2024 •

October 2024

A Business Model for the City

City governments should be in the platform business

Oct 15, 2024 •

The Line (and why it's bad)

Urban form without urban function

Oct 1, 2024 •

September 2024

Techno-Urbanism

(Which is to say, urbanism.)

Sep 12, 2024 •

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