

Innovate or Die: How Cities Force Car Industry to Change
Cars have shaped modern cities the way we know them today – vibrant, dynamic, and cosmopolitan. Cars were the energy that boosted their...


It’s Time to Learn to Love Mass Transit
Who likes public transport anyway? Buses never arrive on time, travel time is rather unpredictable, and during rush hours you most likely...


Location Intelligence: What Does City Data Look Like?
Whatever action is taken by today's resident, most likely it leaves a digital footprint. Morning run? The fitness tracker will remember...


What if cities had a universal resident-centric BI system…
31ºNorth together with the Urban Sustainability and Innovation Lab at the Porter School for Environmental Studies at Tel Aviv University...


This is heavy, Doc: Overcoming City Challenges Using Data
Do you remember the second Back to the Future movie? The way our present time was shown there, with flying cars, odd architecture, and...


The Car Data Gold Rush: Why Cities Need to Keep Up
For centuries, cities have developed spontaneously and uncontrollably, struggling with an inability to respond flexibly to rapidly...

How NOT to Fail With Managing Your City’s Open Data
3D Illustration by Ruixian Made. Every year more and more municipalities around the world launch various Open Data initiatives in an...


“The Winter is Coming”... for parking!
5 years ago, when we launched 31ºNorth, Smart Cities was the new buzz word around town and startups were scrambling to engage cities with...


TEDx - The Secret of Exceptional Cities
Can our future cities track and solve our problems? Could they actively identify pain-points within our society and become a driving...


Should Cities and Startups be connected 'Tinder' Style?
How can startups overcome the challenges and barriers while working with cities? We hosted a panel discussion with leaders from global citie