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There was a lot of excitement in 2012, when the Hiriko car was unveiled at this event at European Union headquarters in Brussels. At the time, the then-president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, hailed the car as a trans-Atlantic "exchange between the world of science and the world of business." Zhou Lei/Xinhua/Landov hide caption
How A Folding Electric Vehicle Went From Car Of The Future To 'Obsolete'
Mary Lee Kingsley waits for a bus in Montgomery County, Md. The bus stop has a big LED screen with a map displaying the current location of buses and when they will arrive. Franklyn Cater/NPR hide caption
A circus-themed streetcar approaches a pedestrian crosswalk in Guangzhou, China. Anthony Kuhn/NPR hide caption
In D.C. And China, Two Approaches To A Streetcar Unconstrained By Wires
Jay Austin's tiny house in Washington, D.C., has 10-foot ceilings, a loft bed over the bathroom and a galley-style kitchen. Franklyn Cater/NPR hide caption
Living Small In The City: With More Singles, Micro-Housing Gets Big
Walters Clothing carries styles that go back decades and shoes up to size 18. Its outsize selection has earned the attention of NBA stars and hip-hop artists. Eboni Lemon /New Voices Initiative, AIR hide caption
A Pillar Of Atlanta's Community Also Has An Outsize Shoe Collection
A meeting of Chief Resilience Officers and other officials took place in New Orleans this week, as the Rockefeller Foundation looks to help cities prepare for potential calamities. 100 Resilient Cities hide caption
A flooded street in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In the summer of 2008, the city ordered evacuations as Cedar River rose. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
A rendering for the planned 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington, D.C. OMA and OLIN hide caption
Artists' renderings of New Meadowland show how the wetland would be designed for human recreational use as well as flood control. The berm shown would be a path through the park when water was low (left). When storms came in, the wetlands would flood, and the berm would protect local development. Courtesy of New Meadowlands hide caption
N.J. Braces For Future Disasters By Fleeing, And Fortifying, The Coast
Political theorist and author Benjamin R. Barber (left) spoke at the CityLab summit this week in New York. He is proposing the formation of a "World Parliament of Mayors." Courtesy of The Atlantic hide caption
The water in Kitty Hawk, N.C. rose quickly. Doug Smith hide caption
An illustration for a park proposed for Washington's old 11th Street Bridge. If realized, the park would span the Anacostia River, linking the Capitol Hill neighborhood with lower-income Anacostia. Ed Estes/Courtesy of D.C. Office of Planning hide caption
A cyclist rides in the the bike lane on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. Becky Lettenberger/NPR hide caption
The Rumrunners Brad Bigelow/Gary Ray hide caption