For ZICLA, it is essential that the solutions we deliver for city streets meet the needs of everybody, whatever their age, gender, ability, or cultural background. We completed workshops to ensure we address the wishes and expectations of users, in both the design...
UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY
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...
Accessibility in cities and the Access City Awards.
People with disabilities face physical barriers and behaviors that hinder their full inclusion in society. The number of people with disabilities grows as the population ages. In Europe, society is essentially urban, with four out of five citizens living in towns and...
First European standard on accessibility of the built environment: NE 17210.
The European standards bodies CEN and CENELEC have approved and published the first European standard on the accessibility of the built environment: NE 17210. It should be noted that this standard was led by the ONCE Foundation and the Spanish Association for...
Accessible products and services.
The demand for accessible products and services in the United States and Canada is already high, and the number of citizens with disabilities or functional limitations who need them is set to grow significantly with the progressive aging of the population. In an...
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...
“Testing for sustainable development”: Cerema publishes two express guides to support communities in their experiments in tactical urban planning.
The lockdown linked to the Covid-19 crisis led to a significant drop in people’s trips around the city. To seize the opportunity to experiment with another vision of urban planning and make more space available for active modes of transport, Cerema (French Center for...
ZICLA provides a quick response to the health emergency caused by COVID-19.
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...
New York City DOT improves the accessibility of its bus stops in Manhattan.
NYDOT has installed a Vectorial® system platform at one of its Select Bus Service (SBS) route stops. The project consists of the installation of a 110’ long boarding bulb bus stop at 23rd Street & 2nd Avenue, in Manhattan, NY. SBS23 is one of New York City’s Bus...
City of Charlotte, NC, installation of Vectorial® system.
The city of Charlotte, NC, is the latest addition to the list of US cities that have installed the Vectorial® system bus boarder. The project consists of the installation of two floating bus boarders with integrated bike lanes along 4th Street, one of the busiest...