| Bright yellow pods have been popping up all over Singapore, in places like the airport, the park and even in front of a shopping mall. Each one houses an air-conditioned microgym, with treadmills, weights and other equipment for fitness enthusiasts looking to avoid the crowds at traditional gyms and the city's year-round humidity and heat. Local startups have opened dozens of these miniature gyms around the city-state, capitalizing on record levels of Singapore residents exercising or playing sports. Isabel Kua reports today on CityLab: Crowded Singapore Makes Room for Microgyms -Linda Pon Amsterdam to Ban Cruise Ships to Control Tourism, Pollution
The city has one of the largest cruise ports in Europe, hosting hundreds of mega ships and about 700,000 cruise passengers each year. In Houston, a Net-Zero Building Takes Inspiration From the Bayou
The Houston Endowment headquarters, the city's first mass timber building of its kind, set out to create a model for sustainability. Germany's Cheap Transit Ticket Is Starting to Boost Train Trips
The country's affordable public transit offer has successfully nudged some consumers to ditch their cars for trains. | 
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