Vision Zero is an initiative that was born in Sweden in 1997 with a clear objective: to eliminate traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries. This approach places human life and health at the center, ensuring they are protected through strategies that optimize...
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Success cases of interim urban planning projects with the Vectorial® system
Interim urban planning projects create a reversible space capable of transforming itself to offer a new use, adapting to the needs of citizens, sporadic events, or temporary activities, and returning to normality without leaving a trace and without needing the space...
ZICLA’s experience at the 2022 Velo-City conference.
From 14th to 17th of June, the City of Ljubljana (Slovenia) hosted the 2022 Velo-City conference with the slogan “Cycling the Change”. The event was organized by the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) and the City of Ljubljana. It was a week full of knowledge...
ZICLA will sponsor and attend the 2022 Velo-City conference in Ljubljana (Slovenia).
From the June 14th to 17th, Ljubljana (Slovenia) will host the 2022 Velo-City conference with the slogan “Cycling the Change”. This year the event is organized by the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) and the City of Ljubljana. Velo-City Conference. Velo-City, the...
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...
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...
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...
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...