New paths for the roads of tomorrow
Transportation news feeds are filled with tech innovations and new start-ups willing to improve our daily mobility…
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Swimming is back in town (it’s still summer!)
Among other natural elements, water surely is one of the most appreciated in cities – or even a symbol, as the famous …
How cities deal with the climate change risks
According to the non-profit organization “100 Resilient Cities”, urban resilience is the ability of individuals,…
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Vote with your cigarette litter!
Willing to reduce the quantity of cigarette butts thrown in the streets of London, British environmental charity Hubbub…
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Connected bins in New York City
Massachusetts-based waste management company BigBelly and the City of New York implemented connected bins in downtown…
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More bikers means less risk of accidents
A recent study unveiled by health consultant Peter Lyndon Jacobsen showed that the more bikers and walkers are on the…
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Looking for the greenest road
Because people are happier when their environment is green, the start-up Walkonomics developed a smart app which…
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Mobile phone gaming is becoming more and more popular
According to a study carried out by eMarketer, the use of smartphone to play is becoming more and more popular. In 2015…
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Kids in the city
Nowadays, cities are evolving in order to respond to the needs of every part of its population, including children:…
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Top pro-startup local policies
The British charity Nesta published its “City Initiatives for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship” report that…
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Light my bike rider’s back!
The Azerbaijani designer Elnur Babayev conceived a very useful innovation named "cyclee" to prevent the risk of…
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Feel the temperature before boarding
Stockholm Arlanda airport decided to tackle the problem of waiting time with a creative idea. Passengers do not need a…
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Hidden coffee machines bring people together
To make the daily walk to the workplace a little more fun, Nescafé created an original advertising campaign bringing…
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A rainy crosswalk
Design studio Ampersand Content created two unusual crosswalks representing an umbrella and rain drops to decorate the…
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The street becomes your sport field
Powerade and Ogilvy & Mather Berlin launched an innovative advertising campaign called “Workout billboards” in three
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When Fiat helps you to park your car
Fiat recently imagined an original advertising campaign in Frankfurt to present its latest Fiat 500. The company…
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Healthy citizens, healthy economy
According to several studies conducted by the University of Cambridge and the University of California, it would be…
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Northern Europe is still a cycling heaven
Every two years, the Brussels-based pro-cycling lobby European Cyclists’ Federation unveils a barometer measuring…
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What do Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam sound like?
The train company Thalys launched an original and amusing advertising campaign called “The sounds of the city”. They…
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Intelligent helmets for bikers
London-based company Future Cities Catapult created a prototype of an intelligent helmet equipped with a GPS and a…
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Potholes are tweeting in Panama City!
In order to get rid of the dozens of potholes in Panama City, television station Telemetro Panama and advertising…
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Underground cities
In a context of fast growing urbanization, cities are facing issues such as congestion and lack of space for new…
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The most dynamic cities in the world
American investment management and real estate company Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) recently released the "City Momentum…
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Being a Millennial: an (urban) state of mind?
American carsharing company Zipcar published the fifth edition of its annual "Millennial Survey" which examines the…
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To find the closest bus stop, just hold up your phone!
"Departures NYC" aims at letting people find their way in the sometimes complicated New York bus network. This mobile…
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Redesigning the daily commute
Willing to make public transportation more attractive and offer an alternative way to travel by bus, San Francisco…
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A billboard made of wet clothes
LG Electronics Australia teamed-up with GPY&R agency to showcase the ultra large capacity of its latest washing mach
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Responsive street furniture for the disabled
As part of the Designs of the year exhibition held at London's Design Museum, British designer Ross Atkin unveiled…
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Bike-sharing ridership increases with station density
American "National Association of City Transportation Officials" (NACTO) recently published a study entitled "Walkable…
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History comes to life in Montreal
As part of Montreal's 375th birthday celebrations, nonprofit historical society "Montréal en Histoires" created a…
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The "ant-sized" billboard
In order to promote the forthcoming superhero film "Ant-Man", Marvel launched an "ant-sized" campaign in several…
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Rain-activated street art
Seattle is said to be a gloomy city when it's raining.Willing to brighten people's day when the weather is bad, local…
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The snow graffiti
In order to promote Mexico as a destination in the US, the Mexico Tourism Board and Lapiz agency came up with an…
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Mapping the world with data
Data from social networks, software or mobile applications have become major sources to create a new generation of maps…
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The shadowless towers
American Architects NBBJ might have found a solution to the lack of light in the streets of neighborhoods with many…
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Subaru helps Montrealers shovel the snow off their car
Japanese automaker Subaru partnered with Canadian agency Rinaldi to promote its all-wheel drive models in the middle of…
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A bright idea
McDonald's and Canadian communication agency Cossette came up with an original and "bright" campaign using the movement…
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Towards a normalization of smart city projects
As part of the Fiware project, a cloud-based and open source platform dedicated to new technologies and funded by the…
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A parking garage designed specifically for bicycles
As part of a competition organized by the City of Stockholm, Swedish agency Belatchew Architects unveiled the project…