I know Bloomberg's into cheap, healthy transportation alternatives, and I'm all for fitness, but this just doesn't seem to be quite the right fit. Let's look at the facts.
WASHINGTON -- While D.C. was spared from devastating damage like that experienced by New York and New Jersey, there are signs of destruction throughou...
At 2:46 p.m. I felt the ground start to shake. Tremors are common in Tokyo, but this time was different: the shaking just kept getting stronger and stronger.
Do you ever think about how the city keeps track of potholes? How they know when street lights need to be fixed? Cities are extremely complex. So how do they manage it all?
At a press conference Wednesday, Mayor Bloomberg clarified new legislation requiring building owners to tell tenants where they can and can't smoke, d...
Former smoker Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing legislation which will clarify where residents can and cannot smoke inside residential buildings. ...
In the tsunami's immediate aftermath the practical sides of religion came into play. Places of worship in Japan are said to outnumber convenience stores by a factor of four and community centers by a factor of nine.
In spite of the 3/11 disaster, and amidst economic and political upheaval in many parts of the world, the fact is that Japan remains remarkably stable.
Whether you're watching a TV show with commercials or reading a newspaper with department store ads on every other sheet, you're essentially viewing s...
Ponder this musical deep thought as you look for beats to escape the heat: what if the Brooklyn Godfathers of Geek, They Might Be Giants, threw a house party next door to DJ Khaled and his T&A posse?
According to 311's Nick Hexum, the band's new album, Universal Pulse, with its premier single, "Sunset In July", is "kind of like the ultimate Summer jam, and about the experience of touring."
Comedian Doug Benson was a familiar face at South By Southwest this year, hosting two editions of his podcast "Doug Loves Movies" as well as two perfo...
Hey, if you see some kind of local problem that the city should fix, the folks at SeeClickFix really do have an app for that. You can report the probl...
Citizens who take the time to keep their neighborhoods clean should not have to jump through hoops. The operator should just send the information where it belongs.
311, the city's information phone service, has been around over seven years now and fielded 100 million calls. Each day the service handles 50,000 cal...
This weekend I am launching a new, free iPhone application called "Garcetti 311" that will allow users to snap and submit photos of potholes, graffiti, and other problems in my council district.
311 is about getting better customer service from your city or other local governance. You call, or Twitter, use the web, or whatever you like, then y...
Here's a little something from Chris Vein, San Francisco CIO, and some other guy, who appears to be very, very tiny.
The emphasis is on real ways fo...
Life's rough. We all know this. But once in a great while something happens that breaks through the everyday grind and makes one realize that, hey, wow, it's not just a world of hurt.
Last week there were just over 100,000 Haitians in New York. Now there are just over 8 million.
New Yorkers have bonded together and stepped up in t...