IOC Summer Fellow Dan Lesser Reflects on Work with Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics

Lessons from Boston’s Streets: My Summer as a MONUM Fellow

Cities around the world are rapidly growing.  By 2050, experts expect 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, up from 50 percent today. As cities become more densely populated, municipal governments will need to grow and adapt city infrastructure and services to meet the changing needs of residents. This summer, interning at the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM), the City of Boston’s innovation team, I had the chance to learn how Boston’s civic leaders are trying to adapt to meet one specific emerging challenge: the rapidly changing dynamics on the city’s streets.

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