by Ryan Parzick I recently took my daughter on her first set of college visits to five schools in Southern California. I decided to use this opportunity to conduct a little experiment on something I have been curious about for a while now … what is it like to rent…

By Ryan Parzick This summer has produced record-shattering heat for many of us. Those in urban areas are feeling it more profoundly due to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. For those familiar with this phenomenon, it might seem like a mere nuisance or an inherent aspect of city living…

KARINA: Sahar, welcome to Cityfi. We are so happy to have you join us. A lot of folks know you, but I want to start with who you really are. Your personal story is so fundamental to the passionate, committed person you are. …

Welcome to Cityfi’s newest Partner — Andrew Wishnia! Andrew joins Cityfi from the Biden-Harris Administration where he led climate policy in the U.S. Department of Transportation. He was a pivotal architect of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and played a critical role in crafting provisions for, and then deploying, the transformative…

By Story Bellows I’ve worked in the fields of connectivity and digital equity for over a decade and have long understood the importance of ensuring that everyone has access to reliable connectivity. As a big city resident, that was — for me — assumed. Then Covid happened, and we moved…

By Chelsea Lawson Increasingly, cities and even individuals are thinking about the wide-ranging impacts of their decisions. What impact will my choice have on my finances? On my well-being? What does my choice mean for the environment at large? Or for social equity? For a few years now (and as…

by Karla Aurea Peralta Paredes “Hardly a week goes by without a major news story about the threatened destruction of a valuable resource” — Elinor Orstrom (Governing the Commons, 1990) As we transition into a new season, we are able to reckon with the impacts of climate change this summer…

Once again, a Cityfi Partner has been tapped for a senior leadership position in the Biden Administration. Gabe Klein will serve as the first-ever Executive Director of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation. This new office, created through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, is between the U.S. …

By Karina Ricks One in four American adults are transportation insecure — meaning they lack the ability to regularly move from place to place in a safe and timely manner. According to a forthcoming paper in Socius by leading University of Michigan researchers, transportation insecurity is 2.5 times more prevalent…