Urban Signal

The Flux Quarterly vertical that tracks how climate tech, policy and design reshape the streets we inhabit. Interviews, deep dives and toolkits for cities in motion.

Mobility Public Space Civic Tech Climate Infrastructure
Spotlight story

Designing cooling corridors that double as night markets

Singapore’s climate lab co-designed canopies with food vendors, integrating water misting, solar lighting and wayfinding that respects nightly rituals.

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Latest dispatches

Transit

Seoul’s midnight network redesign

How mobility planners layered micro buses, bike highways and rest pods for workers on late shifts.

7 min read · by Jon Herrera
Design Futures

Heat-adaptive museums

Architects experiment with responsive facades and humidity rituals to protect art and visitors.

9 min read · by Maya Sethi
Policy

Data corridors for civic founders

Porto Alegre’s charter that lets startups access energy grids and sensor data in real time.

6 min read · by Lina Costa

Flux Waves · Urban Signal

Three new conversations about reclaiming streetscapes, mobility equity and the design rituals that keep neighborhoods resilient.

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Episode 21 Rewilding downtown cores

Urban ecologist Malik Araya shares how micro forests transform heat islands and retail habits.

Episode 20 Night market cooling labs

Vendors, designers and public health officials co-design cooling rituals for tropical nights.

Episode 19 Measuring civic wellbeing

How cities build dashboards that respect both quantitative metrics and community stories.

Field toolkits

Climate corridor starter kit

  • Permitting checklist for adaptive canopies and cooling nodes.
  • Maintenance SOPs and budgets for community-led stewardship.
  • Metrics dashboard template tracking wellbeing, foot traffic and emissions.

Mobility equity playbook

  • Data schema for mapping late-shift commutes and service gaps.
  • Workshop facilitation guide to co-create routes with residents.
  • Comms kit for public rituals and onboarding new riders.

Upcoming labs & gatherings

June 6 · Tallinn Urban cooling residency

Design sprints, data walks and policy clinics focused on cooling corridors and public rituals.

July 18 · Mexico City Mobility equity studio

Co-creation labs with delivery riders, night workers and infrastructure teams.

Aug 2 · Remote Civic metrics clinic

Benchmark frameworks for wellbeing dashboards, data ethics and community storytelling.

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