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…
Focus on
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,…
Urban Radar
Meet the most colourful town in the world
In Guatapé, a little town in the Antioquia Department of Colombia, colours are kind of a religion. All buildings are…
Urban Radar
Airbnb is turning into a travel agency with Experiences
Airbnb introduced its "next chapter" during the Airbnb Open, a "festival of hosting" that took place in Los Angeles on…
Urban Radar
A sea of books in Toronto’s streets
The Spanish collective Luzinterruptus transformed a street of Toronto into a river of books during the “Nuit Blanche”…
Urban Radar
What happens when passengers can take their bike on a train for free ?
You might be surprised, but the result of this policy is far from chaos and passenger loss. The Greater Copenhagen and…
Outdoor is in
BMW promotes winter tyres with a moving billboard
Winter can be harsh sometimes in Belgium. Although winter tyres are not compulsory in the country, they reduce the…
Outdoor is in
Shop at the bus stop with Jumbo
The Dutch supermarket Jumbo experimented a virtual bus-stop-supermarket for those who have little time to shop.In…
Focus
When citizens transform their city (3) - Reinvesting the city
This Focus, third and last - but not least - component of a trilogy dedicated to the innovative ways through which…
Outdoor is in
MINI creates an urban forest in London
A year after its Co-Living installation at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, MINI pursues its exploration of…
Urban Radar
Tiny houses are about to pop up on Berlin rooftops
As it becomes more and more difficult to find an affordable place to live in big cities, two German architects have…
Outdoor is in
A Water Bar to rethink about what's inside our tap water
No, it's not a new concept of fancy bar: the company Pur and the agency Arnold Worldwide teamed up to open the Water…
Facts & Figures
Bordeaux is the best city to visit, according to Lonely Planet
The annual "Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2017" rankings have just been released, with a surprising winner in the "City"…
Facts & Figures
Urban sprawl is still expanding
And it is a global trend. In his speech, the director of LSE Cities Ricky Burdett reminds us of the preoccupying…
Facts & Figures
100% of Parisians are close to Rapid Transit
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) measured the percentage of residents living close to…
Urban Radar
A website tells you where you can afford to live in the world
The Earth Awaits is a search engine that tells you where you could afford to live, depending on your savings. The site…
Urban Radar
A touch of blue in architecture
Buildings can look even more beautiful on a sunny day. The German photographer Maik Lipp plays with the blue sky in his…
Urban Radar
The new lives of Detroit's abandoned houses
Urban farming and community gardens are now flourishing in the bankrupt city of Detroit: some 1,400 green spaces of…
Outdoor is in
Heineken transformed an abandoned stadium into a street art temple
Since Hurricane Andrew in 1992, the Miami Marine Stadium was left abandoned. The former arena where you could attend…
Outdoor is in
Uber uses drones to promote UberPOOL in the traffic jams of Mexico
Mexico City drivers experience endless traffic jams every day. Uber took opportunity of this situation to promote…
Focus
When citizens transform their city (2) - Crowdsourcing the city
This Focus, second component of a trilogy dedicated to the innovative ways through which citizens can directly take…
Urban Radar
In LA, people prefer Uber to car ownership
Mobility habits are changing - even in the Los Angeles area, where the car culture is almost a religion. The endless…
Urban Radar
When urban slide turns public space into a playground
We already observed on this blog that playgrounds aren't just for kids anymore. What if playgrounds weren't closed…
Facts & Figures
The arrogance of car space in Moscow
An old Russian proverb says: "There are only two problems in Russia: fools and roads". If we know little about Russian…
Facts & Figures
Electric cars, electric cars everywhere (soon ?)
If a recent study revealed that solar power can be contagious - the more you see solar panels in your environment, the…
Facts & Figures
And the most expensive city to live in the world is...
Singapore, for the third time in a row. Every year, The Economist Intelligence Unit releases a report focusing on the…
Outdoor is in
Would you take a sip of salty water ?
To raise awareness around the dangers of swimming in the sea (tragic deaths happen every year on the UK coastlines),…
Urban Radar
The largest "passive house" complex in the world will soon appear in Germany
A great example of sustainable urban projects is to be built in Heidelberg, Germany. The Heidelberg Village in…
Outdoor is in
Discover the State of Minnesota in a box
Okay, Minnesota is not the most touristic state of the USA. And it suffers from a persistent image – that of a cold…
Outdoor is in
Netflix will make you dance with these interactive windows
You may already know “The Get Down”, the new TV show produced by Baz Luhrmann which introduces us to the origins of the…
Outdoor is in
Catch the Ghost train in Madrid Underground
In the global launch of the return of Ghostbusters - a famous 80s’ comedy - this summer, the Shackleton agency made a…
Facts & Figures
A Sao Paulo highway underpass will turn into a lively pedestrian park
As we mentioned in a previous Focus, neglected urban spaces represent great potential for the creation of vibrant…
Mercedez-Benz experiences the world’s first outdoor holographic prism
Road accidents due to a lack of vigilance to blind spots claim hundreds of lives every year. To raise awareness of the…
A map to visualize the daily commute of Americans
Commuting is an important part of the day for many Americans working far from their homes. But what do all these…
Uber is deeply changing our mobility habits
A recent survey by the French environmental agency Ademe reveals how deeply the vehicle for hire services changed our…
Be creative with this interactive poster
British snack food manufacturer Walker’s invited the Manchester public to play with this interactive poster. The…
Kellogg’s opened its first-ever restaurant in New York City
No, you are not dreaming: since July 9, you are able to order Frosted Flakes at a restaurant. Kellogg's embraces the…
Stockholm is the most connected city according to Ericsson
"Smart city" is an empty concept without a sustainable dimension. Resiliency, collaboration and mobility are essential…