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From auto-rickshaws to double-decker buses, public transportation looks vastly different in municipalities around the world. Regardless of their form, these core city services keep our communities moving forward. ⚡ That's why our largest-ever Mayors Challenge is calling on city halls to work with community members and local entrepreneurs to reimagine a fundamental service they provide for residents—ultimately awarding the 25 municipalities with the most inventive ideas $1 million and operational support to bring their transformations to life. City officials can learn more about our Mayors Challenge and apply today: https://lnkd.in/esb9kJRQ

How do urban ideas go viral? 💥 The Bloomberg Cities Idea Exchange uses an evidence-based approach to bring solutions that meet pressing municipal challenges--already working in other cities--to more curious city leaders around the globe. Learn more about the 11 inaugural ideas now part of the Bloomberg Cities Idea Exchange: https://lnkd.in/e6jrPbR9

U.S. city officials: Today, the Local Infrastructure Hub is bringing mayors and municipal leaders together to hear from U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Jaime Lavin, and more on how localities nationwide are drawing down once-in-a-generation federal infrastructure funds to build the future their communities deserve.   Register for the virtual event which begins at 2PM EST today:  https://lnkd.in/epbhrxXv

11 innovative solutions that work, can spread, and inspire ✨🧠 The Bloomberg Cities Idea Exchange provides municipal leaders with the technical assistance they need to source, adapt, and implement proven and promising ideas already working in other cities for their residents' benefit.    Learn more about the Bloomberg Cities Idea Exchange: https://lnkd.in/e6jrPbR9

Whether we notice it or not, municipal services improve our daily lives—every single day. That’s why, as a part of the largest-ever Mayors Challenge, we’re giving 25 cities $1 million each and operational support to transform an essential city service for their residents—bringing new, bold ideas to life. Cities worldwide with populations of 100,000 residents or more are encouraged to apply by December 20, 2024: https://lnkd.in/esb9kJRQ

Bienvenidos a México! #CityLabCDMX Follow along as James Anderson, who leads our Government Innovation team and our annual Bloomberg CityLab summit, takes us along to Mexico City for an inside look at this year's conference where we convened mayors, policymakers, and innovators from around the world to discuss the biggest challenges facing cities today and bold solutions to tackle them. Learn more about our work to support municipalities in charting their cities’ future:

🎙️ Calling all city halls — applications to our largest-ever Mayors Challenge are now open! 25 municipalities with the most inventive ideas will receive $1 million in funding and operational support to transform an essential service for residents. Learn more and apply today: https://lnkd.in/e8N8u3gY

A critical question for our times: how can local governments be more — more effective, more adaptive, more ambitious for residents — at a moment when the legitimacy of the State is called into question? Today, I joined our partners LSE Cities and Eurocities at European Parliament to discuss our new report on the innovation capacity of European municipalities. I’m not talking about economic innovation, or “urban innovation,” whatever that means. Instead, we asked: Are these public organizations—these local institutions—capable of undertaking innovation to improve services? Can they innovate around resident experience to bring joy, or operating models to achieve efficiencies? Can they hatch governance innovations that bring more partners in to help solve big city challenges? Alongside municipal leaders and policymakers in the region, we discussed where European cities are today — and opportunities to take their leadership, analytical, creative, and partnership capacity to the next level. Read more and find the full report linked in POLITICO: https://lnkd.in/e_tM55-q Ben Rogers Pierfrancesco Maran MEP Gaia Romani Ricky Burdett André Sobczak Judit Rozsa Matúš Vallo Claudia Juech

📣 Calling all city halls: applications are open for Bloomberg Philanthropies' largest-ever Mayors Challenge.   The innovation competition calls on municipalities to work with residents and local entrepreneurs to radically reimagine a fundamental service they provide for residents. The 25 cities with the most inventive ideas will receive $1 million in funding and operational support to bring their proposals to life.   Is your city up to the challenge? Learn more and register today: https://lnkd.in/e3VTbumW

Our political landscape changed on Nov. 5. Many of our citizens feel disoriented, untethered. Others, to be sure, feel empowered. We need to find our balance. A place to start – away from the convulsions of national politics – is in our cities. America’s urban centers, suburbs, towns, and villages are where the local hand of government touches and affects daily lives. Mayors are less ideological, less partisan than their political brethren on the national stage. Their issues – safe streets, disaster response, affordable housing – require innovation, not party labels. Our institutions – governmental and civic – must continue to nurture that spirit. We know we will have a new administration on Jan. 21. New presidents have new agendas. As a nation, we will face multiple distractions. But we must continue to strengthen the ability of cities to chart their own course. Our national politics can be loud, even frightening. But in our neighborhoods, on our local streets, and through our city halls, we can continue to find common purpose. Mayors don’t give up in divided times; they hunker down and deliver.