The Healthy Streets Approach, developed by Lucy Saunders, is one of the primary references for our work at ZICLA. We believe that urban mobility should be accessible and inclusive, creating welcoming places for everyone. The current situation shows that in most cities...
ACCESSIBILITY
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...
Some municipalities adapt the bus stops with the Vectorial® system quickly and easily to needs of the new bus fleet.
The Barcelona Metropolitan Area has expanded its bus fleet with electric and hybrid vehicles. Some of these new vehicles are longer than the existing ones. This makes more difficult for the driver to bring the bus to the stop in a way that ensures safe boarding for...
In Barcelona, citizens with disabilities are in charge of the accessibility diagnosis.
The 8.13% of the citizens of Barcelona (132,133 citizens) have some type of disability. 54% of these people are women and 46% are men. 51.3% are people over 5 years old. In both sexes, physical motor disability predominates, but in the case of women, the mental...
Urban Mobility Lessons for Cities of the Future.
A good city has to have a reliable transport system. With growing population and increasing consumer requirements, it is important that city authorities get their act together and devise plans that smartly tackle such demands. In other words, designing transport...
The City of Houston adopts a new Bike Plan.
The Houston Bike Plan was adopted by City Council on March 22nd, 2017. The City is in the process of identifying next steps to prioritize and implement the recommendations of the Plan (Houston Bikeways Program). By 2027, it is expected that the City of Houston will be...
TransitCenter: Why Tactical Transit is the Next Big Thing.
Why Tactical Transit is the Next Big Thing. The raffish, worldwide movement known as tactical urbanism appears poised to take on a meatier role in improving transit in bus corridors. By providing low cost, agile alternatives to lengthy street improvement processes,...
New York City DOT installs the first Vectorial® system bus boarder platform.
New York City Department of Transportation has installed the first Vectorial® system bus boarder platform by ZICLA at a bus stop in Brooklyn. It is a pilot test intended to optimize the time used by buses on their routes, as well as improve accessibility at bus stops...