Writer & Independent Researcher

Daniel
Fadlon

I write about cities — specifically the ones no one is writing about. Urban infrastructure, mid-size cities, and the work that happens before anyone calls it a success.

Daniel Fadlon — writer and researcher, Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv, Israel
2026
Book forthcoming
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From Infrastructure & Cities

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April 2025

The cities I actually follow

Everyone is watching Singapore. I want to know what is happening in Plovdiv, in Recife, in Bnei Brak. The interesting experiments are always in the places that cannot afford to fail.

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November 2024

What the light rail took

Tel Aviv's red line opened after thirty years of delays. What does a delay that long actually cost a city — in money, in behaviour, in the way people relate to public space?

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March 2024

Why I write about cities

I grew up in a neighbourhood the municipality treated as a placeholder. Not neglected exactly — just unprioritised. You learn a lot about infrastructure from the places that have to wait for it.

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The Quiet Infrastructure
Daniel Fadlon
Forthcoming — 2026

The Quiet Infrastructure

"The cities that matter to the future are not the ones on the conference circuit. They are the ones too busy fixing things to attend conferences about fixing things."

A nonfiction book about how mid-size cities modernize outside the spotlight — without smart city branding, international funding, or TED stage moments. Forthcoming in 2026.

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