Patrick RussellThe ATX Core Bike TIFIf there were a bumper sticker that read “I ❤ TIF,” I would buy one. ‘TIF’ is an acronym for ‘Tax Increment Finance,’ also sometimes…Aug 12, 2018Aug 12, 2018
Patrick RussellIs Austin Really a Sustainable City?Right before I moved to Austin, I read Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything, which argues that the reality of climate change fundamentally…May 13, 2018May 13, 2018
Patrick RussellinCity SmartsThe smart city : a rhetorical analysis of actors and their smart city narrativesWhen I first started this blog on Medium, it was to prepare for the writing of my Master’s thesis at the University of Texas at Austin.Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017
Patrick RussellinCity SmartsThe Smart City—Technocratic or Democratic?A debate has been brewing in the smart city movement about who exactly makes the smart city a reality. Will it be the people—those who…Dec 16, 2015Dec 16, 2015
Patrick RussellinCity SmartsWho Owns the Smart City: Corporations or Governments?I’ve sensed a lot of anxiety about smart cities as of late.Nov 13, 2015Nov 13, 2015
Patrick RussellinCity SmartsRide-share: The Good, The Bad, & The PossibilitiesI’ll just come out and say it: Ride-sharing, through the likes of Uber and Lyft, is going to radically upend urban life as we know it. Like…Sep 26, 2015Sep 26, 2015
Patrick RussellinCity SmartsDesign-Thinkers Will Build the Smart CityWithout engineers, we will not have smart cities. After all, it is the engineers who have either already given us, will give us, or will…Sep 19, 20151Sep 19, 20151
Patrick RussellinCity SmartsSmart Cities in Japan; Fujisawa Sustainable Smart TownThis past summer I spent a month in Japan at the Rikkyo University Economics Research Institute studying the emergence of smart cities…Aug 29, 2015Aug 29, 2015
Patrick RussellinCity SmartsA Summary of Townsend’s Book, SMART CITIES.In academia, there is this self-defeating, and sometimes pernicious, protection of “my work,” “my ideas,” and “my writing,” all of which I…Aug 14, 2015Aug 14, 2015