Today's cities are constantly transforming to adapt to the moment's needs. For this reason, the built environment must have a flexible and dynamic character that makes it resilient and reversible. Reversibility allows the transformation of a space to offer a new use,...
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Types of bus stop: accessibility solutions.
Bus stop accessibility and ZICLA’s Vectorial® system. City dwellers, especially the elderly, parents with baby buggies, and particularly citizens with reduced mobility, encounter clear accessibility problems at bus stops. Bus stops are on the border between the road...
Which kind of cycle lanes can we find in our cities? Differences and particularities.
Many cities are making their streets quieter and creating a dedicated space for cyclists and other micromobility vehicles users with the aim of getting more people to replace their motor vehicles with more sustainable forms of transport. Each case is different,...
ZICLA around the World: Installation of five Vectorial® system platforms in Wellington, New Zealand.
The Vectorial® system platforms have arrived in Oceania for the first time. In December 2021, the city of Wellington got in touch with us because a massive 147-kilometer network of cycleways is planned for Wellington over the next decade (just 23 km existed in...
What makes a cycle track attractive to cyclists?
In recent years, the length and quality of cycle tracks has grown around the world. Cities try to reduce the presence of motor vehicles on their streets while promoting the use of bicycles. This has led to the construction of new cycle tracks that attract more...
The knock-on effect of the new bike lanes in cities.
The construction of new bike lanes generates a knock-on effect that increases the number of citizens who use bicycles not only on the streets where these bike lanes are but throughout the city. This is one of the main conclusions of a recently published study on...
More bike lanes, closer and better connected.
Barcelona is changing the paradigm of mobility and is moving towards a healthier, more sustainable, and safer mobility. The city has an extensive transport network that guarantees the mobility of all in an equitable, efficient and safe way, in which public transport,...
Temporary extension of sidewalks with the ZICLA’s Vectorial® system.
In the old neighborhoods of many cities the sidewalks are very narrow, and their extension is either not possible or is part of an integral urban renewal of the place. In other cases, the narrowing of the sidewalk may be due, for example, to the construction or...
Barcelona City Council renews the bike lane in Plaza Tetuán and installs Zebra® | Zero separators.
The bike lane of Plaza de Tetuán was built in 2013 and serves the crossing of two key arteries of the Catalan capital, the Gran Vía de las Cortes Catalanas and the emblematic Paseo de San Juan. This bike lane has been recently renewed and in the renovation works, the...
The Vectorial® system helps improve streetcar accessibility: the example of the city of Toronto.
The city of Toronto has opted for the Vectorial® system to solve the conflict between bicycles and public transport users and improve accessibility at tram stops in the King Street Priority Transit Corridor, in the heart of this Canadian city. The Toronto City Council...