Selected Articles by Greg Lindsay
Fast Company  |  February 2010

The New New Urbanism: New Songdo & Creating Cities From Scratch

The world is bracing for an influx of billions of new urbanites in the coming decades, and tech companies are rushing to build new green cities to house them. Are these companies creating a smarter metropolis — or just making money?
Condé Nast Traveler  |  February 2010

Triumph of the Air Warriors

In Up in the Air, George Clooney revels in Airworld, a ten-million-mile flier’s paradise of airports, lounges, and jet-iquette. Who lives like this? Meet the FlyerTalkers, the world’s greatest passengers, who stockpile miles for currency, who make their cause the dignity of the frequent flier. Greg Lindsay joins them on a mad marathon of gate-hopping, champagne-quaffing stratospheric ecstasy.
Fast Company  |  September 2009

Heard of Allegiant Air? Why It’s the Nation’s Most Profitable Airline

Why Allegiant Air is the nation’s most profitable airline, soaring amid the slump in travel.
Fast Company  |  May 2009

Honeywell’s GPS-based Landing Tech Could Save Airlines Billions

The first salvo against interminable flight delays is Honeywell’s new GPS-based landing technology. It could also save billions for the airlines.
I.D.  |  November/December 2008

Heirport

Eero Saarinen’s TWA terminal has a new neighbor that embodies the realities of 21st-century air travel.
Fast Company  |  May 2008

Medical Leave

Your next heart surgery could well be in Bangkok — but don’t worry, it’ll be “in network.” How your health care is taking wing …
Fast Company  |  May 2007

Flight Plan

The math wizards at Dayjet are building a smarter air taxi—and it could change the way you do business.
Fast Company  |  July 2006

Rise of the Aerotropolis

As competition shrinks the globe, the world is building giant airport-cities. They look monstrous to American eyes—and that could be a problem.
Advertising Age  |  September 2005

A Marketing Reporter’s Journey Into Airworld I

A three-week daily series.
Advertising Age  |  September 2005

A Marketing Reporter’s Journey Into Airworld II

A three-week daily series.
Advertising Age  |  September 2005

A Marketing Reporter’s Journey Into Airworld III

A three-week daily series.
Advertising Age  |  June 13, 2005

Man vs. Man

Did marketing kill the Great American Alpha Male? The author sifts through the evidence.
Business 2.0  |  June 2004

What Makes Nick Tick?

The smartest publisher in the blogosphere says there’s no money online. So why doesn’t anyone believe him?
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Greg Lindsay writes frequently about the intersection of transportation, urbanization, and globalization. He is the author, with John D. Kasarda, of the forthcoming Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next, (March 2011) which examines how and where we choose to live in an interconnected world—in cities orbiting airports, and not the other way around. (It’s available for pre-order now.) He is a contributing writer for Fast Company, and has written for Fortune, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Wired, and Time.

Praise from Rem Koolhaas: “An excellent interviewer—intelligent and hostile.”

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