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 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...
The health crisis caused by COVID-19 is forcing administrations around the world to make drastic changes in mobility in cities. The new criteria of social distancing to reduce the risk of contagion force the search for options so that those who have to move every day...
With many cities going green and striving to minimise pollution and congestion, riding your bike in the city will support the country's ecological cause no end. You don't have to be an eco warrior to reap the numerous health and financial benefits from city biking....
Riding a bicycle in the city can be a terrifying ordeal for first-timers especially due to the intimidating drivers and many pedestrians in the streets. The experience is, however, enjoyable when you get used to cycling in a crowded city and it is not as dangerous as...
Residents in many cities of the Netherlands have long understood that vibrant cities and lots of cars don’t really mix; they first experimented with temporarily closing streets in their city centers to vehicles in the sixties. Today, pedestrianized city centers are...
East 4th Street, Cleveland, Ohio, US. Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya. Northshore, Chattanooga, Tennessee, US. Superilla del Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain. Rua Nova do Carvalho, Lisbon, Portugal. These are the five transformations that Project for Public Spaces highlighted...
The Institute of Transportation studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, has developed a report about best practices in tactical transit lanes. Tactical transit lanes are low-cost reconfigurations of streets to make them friendlier for all citizens. This...
Each day there are more and more cities that have public bicycle systems intended to facilitate and promote the sustainable mobility among the citizens. In order to make the citizens to choose the bicycle as the first option for daily commutes, these systems needs to...
Have you ever heard about “Superblocks” or how is Barcelona taking city streets back from cars? "Super block" is an urban design concept aiming to minimize the presence of cars in city centers. How to respond to the city's scarcity of green spaces, pollution, noise...