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From A to Z

General Innovations

• 7 Key Activities for Getting Innovation Right (Fast Company)
• 10 Steps: Taking an Innovation for a City from Idea to Deployment (Agile Cities)
• 2012 Best Communities for Business in Western Canada (Alberta Venture)
• America's Best Cities for Transit, According to Walk Score (Atlantic Cities)
• CBC Spends Last Week of November Covering Infrastructure
• Cities: Global hotspots for innovation (MaRS)
• Construction Canada
• Federation of Canadian Municipalities
• Five ideas for the future of the build environment (The Guardian)
• GAIA: Innovative Solutions for Sustainability
• Ground Effects Environmental Services Inc.
• How to Bring Cities Together (Forbes)
• Institute for Citizen-Centered Services
• Key City Goal: Environmental Leadership (YouTube)
• Lessons from the Netherlands (Vancouver Sun)
• Living Cities
• MnROAD - Minnesota's Cold Weather Road Research Facility
• Municipal World: Canada's Municipal Magazine
• Muniscope
• One Prize 2012 (TerreForm)
• Ontario Municipal Knowledge Network
• Our cities will define our future (Globe and Mail)
• Planning for the future in urban design (The Guardian)
• Road Tolls Won’t Solve Traffic Woes (Calgary Herald)
• ReNew Canada: The Infrastructure Renewal Magazine
• SABMag: Sustainable Architecture and Building Magazine
• SF Better Streets
• Solar Roadways
• Taking the Waste out of Wastewater (The NewYorkTimes Sunday Review)
• Smaller Cities: Setting the Pace for the Next Wave of Innovation and Growth (Building a Smarter Planet)
• Smart Parking Solutions to Reduce Congestion and Oil Use (The Energy Collective)
• The State of Canada's Cities and Communities (FCM)
• Sustainable Cities Collective: The World's Best Thinkers on the Urban Future
• TERRA: Transportation Engineering and Road Research Alliance
• Unreasonable@Sea (Vimeo)
• Urban Growth: Population Density vs. Creative and Economic Output (Urban Times)
• Water Online
• Windmill Developments
• World's 10 most livable cities (Calgary Herald)
• The World's 26 Best Cities for Business, Life, and Innovation (The Atlantic)

Innovative Finances

• A recent spike: Canada’s abandoned railway lines given second life by search for cheaper transport (National Post)
• Character is Key to an Economically Vibrant City (The Atlantic Cities: Place Matters)
• Chicago embarks on $7 billion infrastructure plan (Bloomberg Business Week)
• Concerns about B.C. municipal infrastructure costs spur new ideas about funding (Vancouver Sun) *NEW*
• Financing Stormwater Retrofits in Philadelphia and Beyond (Natural Resources Defense Council)
• The Major Dividends Cities Reap from Investing in Green Infrastructure (GreenBiz.com)
• Ohio Congressman Gibbs Urges Creation Of WIFIA Finance Tool To Reduce Water Infrastructure Costs (Water Online)
• On Top of the World (SaskBusiness pg.6-14)
• ReNew Canada's Top 100 Infrastructure Projects (Renew Canada)
• Report Taps into Innovative Financing to Secure Future for Sustainable Water Infrastructure (Water Online)
• Sustainable Architecture: Energy Efficient Homes (Illinois Car Insurance)
• Sustainability in Water and Wastewater Facilities Optimizes Electrical Generation Requirement (Water Online)
• Western Canadian Municipalities Seek more Investment in Infrastructure (Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities)

Innovative Policies

• Advice for Passing a Massive Infrastructure Referendum (Atlantic Cities)
• America's Urban Renaissance Is Being Driven by Thinking Small (AlterNet)
• American Water And City Of Elizabeth, N.J. Earn Outstanding Public/Private Partnership Award From U.S. Conference Of Mayors (Water Online)
• Britain to consider privatising roads (Reuters)
• Building for Prosperity: Public Infrastructure in Canada (Government of Canada)
• Can Cupcakes Inspire Collaborative Consumption in our Cities? (Sustainable Cities Collective)
• Cities breaking down departmental barriers to improve future infrastructure (National Post)
• CitiesMatter.ca (City of Calgary)
• Commission launches innovation partnership for Smart Cities and Communities (EUROPA)
• Don't Reinvent the Wheel, Steal It: An Urban Planning Award for Cities that Copy (Good Cities)
• EPA Develops New Planning Approach to Improve Water Quality in U.S. Cities (Water Online)
• The Future Metropolis Index: U.S. Cities with the Best Urban Policies (Co.Exist)
• How Green is Your Community? (MN2020)
• Infrastructure 2012 Highlights Innovative Solutions At State, Regional, Local Level; Points To Impact Of Recession On Infrastructure Funding Worldwide (Water Online)
• Infrastructure Key to Rebuilding America (ABC News)
• Mayor’s Innovation Delivery Team focusing on solutions to urban challenges (The Lane Report)
• NLC's City Showcase Highlights Innovative Infrastructure Program (National League of Cities)
• Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement in Asphalt Mixtures: State of the Practice (U.S. Department of Transportation)
• Toward greener, smarter cities (Globeadvisory.com)
• Vermont's Waste Management Advancement (Sustainable Cities Collective)
• Why the Federal Government Should Give More Power to Mayors (The Atlantic Cities: Place Matters)

Innovative Technologies

• 6 Amazing Ways to Use Shipping Pallets in Architecture (Inhabitat: Design Will Save the World)
• A Novel Approach to Nitrate Removal (APT Water)
• Achieving Reuse Quality Water Using Multiple-Barrier Treatment (Aqua-Aerobics Systems, Inc.)
• America's Most Innovative Neighborhood: 15 Square Miles In New Mexico, Population: 0 (FastCompany)
• Ancient 'air-conditioning' cools building sustainably (CNN)
• Architects float answers to rising seas around the world (Green Bay Press Gazette)
• Are Megacities Sustainable? (ZD Net)
• Are Urban Microcenters the Solution to Urban Sprawl? (Sustainable Cities Collective)
• Asphalt recycling pulls material from roads and roofs (American Recycler)
• Australia's First Green Skyscraper Named 'Best Tall Building' (Architecture Source)
• Axion International Receives Purchase Order to Supply Materials for First Plastic Bridge Used in Public Highway Applications in the U.S. (Public Works.com)
• Baking Innovation Into New Smart Cities (Co.Exist)
• Bamboo Buildings | Bali's Green Building Benchmark (Construction Source)
• Beyond Medals and Memes: The Olympics As Test Bed For Urban Innovation (Co.CREATE)
• Bombardier Highlights Innovative Transport Solutions at the World's Largest Rail Show (Equities.com)
• Burying Bits of the City: Hong Kong Underground (Sustainable Cities Collective)
• Bushman Rainwater Systems (EcoShift)
• Canadian projects named on global list for innovation in urban infrastructure (Globe and Mail)
• Canadian engineering innovations 2012: Earthquake-proofing skyscrapers (Toronto Star)
• Concrete Ideas for Promoting Walkability (The Atlantic Cities: Place Matters)
• Creating buildings that repair themselves (Culture Lab)
• Development of a Weigh-Pad Based Portable WIM System (University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Study)
• Dubai’s Vertical Village Has a Skirt of Photovoltaics (Green Prophet)
• EcoLibra: Ecologically Balanced Systems (Galex Group)
• Electropure (EPT) Water Treatment (Ground Effects Environmental Services Inc.)
• Experts Recommend the Inclusion of Rainwater Collection Systems in Cities (Water Online)
• Green Building in Zimbabwe Modeled After Termite Mounds (Inhabitat: Design Will Save the World)
• Green Caterpillar House by Feldman Architecture (Architecture4Us)
• Green Lab Pinnacle: LEED Platinum in Oregon (Earth Techling)
• Green Roofs are Changing Architecture and Planning (Treehugger: A Discovery Company)
• How technology in cities can help deliver a sustainable future (The Guardian)
• IKEA Continues Planning Its Empire of Sustainable City Districts (Co.Exist)
• Impressive Denver study on equity & transit should become national model (Switchboard)
• Innovation for Thames Airport revealed (Bloomberg Business Week) *NEW*
• Innovative Greywater Project Begins Pilot Plant Testing (University of Regina)
• Introducing Spongephalt: A Game Changer for Roads that Doesn't Exist Yet (This Big City)
• It’s Greener to Retrofit than Build New, Report Finds (National Real Estate Investor)
• Italian engineer invents floating solar panels (Physorg.com)
• Local buildings display green benefits (Winnipeg Free Press)
• LWR - Livestock Water Recycling (Livestock Water Recycling)
• Mainstream Water Solutions (Mainstream Water Solutions Inc.)
• Modern Architecture Goes Back to Basics to Encourage Community to Consider Building with Natural Materials (PRWeb: Online Visibility from Vocus)
• Modular Sustainable Architecture by Compos Leckie Studio (Minimalisti)
• Mom, Dad, This Playground’s for You (New York Times)
• ‘Natural builders’ take green building one step further (Daily Journal of Commerce)
• Net-Plus Building with Arizona Soil (GB&D)
• New York's underground park of the future (BBC News)
• The Next Frontier: Automating by Water Quality (Water Online)
• Palm Desert Architect: Not Green, These Solutions Are Smart (Palm Desert Patch)
• The Path Less Traveled: Research is Driving Solutions to Improve Unpaved Roads (Public Works)
• Pedestrian Safety: How Innovative Tech Could Save Your Life (Mashable Tech)
• Rainwater Collection and Harvesting Systems (Rain Water Connection Ltd.)
• RainXchange: Rainwater Harvest Systems (Aquascape Inc.)
• Reuse of Municipal Wastewater has Significant Potential to Augment Future U.S. Drinking Water Supplies (Water Online)
• Revolutionary Wastewater Disinfection System – TrojanUVSigna – Selected By Missouri Site (Water Online)
• Scientists: Wastewater Can Be An Energy Superstar (Sustainable Cities Collective)
• Siemen's Innovative Solutions to be Displayed at Light+Building (AzoBuilding)
• Sixty-Two Miles of Electric Highway Planned (Treehugger: A Discovery Company)
• Solar Roadways: The Prototype (YouTube)
• Students Build a School from Waste Products in the Dominican Republic (Treehugger: A Discovery Company)
• Study Advocates Burning Garbage to make Cement (Canadian Consulting Engineer)
• TEC-Water Supplies Inc. (TEC-Water Supplies Inc.)
• Tech & the City (Next American City)
• TEDxSacramento - Scott Brusaw - The Promise of Solar Roadways (YouTube)
• The Vento (SAB Mag)
• Toronto Island Tunnel doubles for sewage infrastructure (Canadian Consulting Engineer)
• Trends in Focus: Understanding Technology & Civic Change (Living Cities)
• The Top 10 Smart Cities On The Planet (Co.Exist)
• Tumbleweed Tiny House at Earth Day San Francisco (SanFrancisco Chronicle)
• Urban Stormwater Analysis: Entering the 2nd and 3rd Dimension (Water Online)
• Waste Management, Inc. Constructs Organics Recycling Facility at its Apopka Solid Waste Landfill (Solid Waste.com)
• Water Distribution System Security Monitoring (Real Tech Inc.)
• What if bus stops were designed as if bus stops really mattered? (Sustainable Cities Collective)
• Why Green Infrastructure Makes Cities Awesome (Sustainable Cities Collective)

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Tracking the Federal Infrastructure Interest

Movin’ on Up

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Edmonton’s Innovative Approach Turns Waste into Revenue

For Whom the Road Tolls

It’s Alive!

Moose Jaw’s “Lean” Hospital Could Yield “Big” Dividends

Wanted: An Innovative LTIP

Let’s Fix the Cracks in Canada’s Highway

What If?

Different Dimensions of the Penny Tax

Something New for a 125th Anniversary: Sustaining Public Infrastructure

Dealing With “Dirty Dirt” (Part II)

Go Long!

Technology Boosts Public Transit

Are We Organized for Progress?

Out and About

Getting Prices Right

From Developing Needs to Developing Solutions

Building a Better Road

Sustainable Infrastructure Investment Critical to the Economy

1¢ Solution to a Billion Dollar Problem (Part IV)

1¢ Solution to a Billion Dollar Problem (Part III)

1¢ Solution to a Billion Dollar Problem (Part II)

1¢ Solution to a Billion Dollar Problem (Part I)

Small Savings Can Lead to Big Bucks

No Longer Oblivious to the Impervious

“Biggest” vs. “Best” (Part II)

“Biggest” vs. “Best” (Part I)

Innovation by Accident

“Big-scale” Problem Meets “Small-scale” Solution (Part II)

“Big-scale” Problem Meets “Small-scale” Solution (Part I)

“Smart” Debt vs. “Stupid” Debt

I-4: Investment, Invention, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Dealing with “Dirty Dirt”

Saskatchewan-style Tax Sharing is no “Sleeper” (Part II)

Saskatchewan-style Tax Sharing is no “Sleeper” (Part I)

The “Innovation Imperative”