Zurich-based agency Vehovar & Jauslin designed an impressive transparent roof covering an area of 1,000 square meters for a bus station of the Northern Swiss city of Aarau.Its structure consists of a steel frame covered by a giant light blue air…
To make bus commuting more attractive, Aberdeen transit authority equipped its vehicles with an onboard entertainment channel.Using the buses' free WiFi and a dedicated mobile app, passengers can access online contents on their mobile devices after…
Chinese New Year is taking place on January 31st this year.During the 40-day "Spring Festival" period, when several hundred millions of Chinese citizens will cross the whole country to visit their families, 3.6 billion passenger trips are expected to be…
From the first portable gramophones manufactured in the early 20th century to the famous "Walkman" launched by Sony in 1979, allowing people to listen to music on the move has always been a concern for the music industry. Nowadays, mobile music…
As part of a graduation project at the Eindhoven Design Academy, Dutch designer Ilse Heesterbeek imagined a technology to teach local history and make daily commute more entertaining.The "History travels with you" project is based on a transparent touch…
To promote Paris as a destination, Air France partnered with Canadian advertising agency Bleublancrouge to set-up a piece of the French capital's subway on the platform of Montreal's Berri-UQAM station.Several classical elements from the Paris subway were…
Google Street View keeps on growing... After mapping iconic places and famous monuments, Google's panoramic view service now enables its users to explore 75 international transit hubs, including 16 airports and 59 train and subway stations in Europe, Asia…
French cosmetics brand L'Oréal Paris just set-up their "Intelligent Colour Experience" in the New York subway, a smart vending machine able to recommend and deliver make-up products that "match or clash".The machine, equipped with cameras and sensors, is…
Willing to promote its world-famous "Scrabble" game, Mattel teamed-up with JCDecaux UK to entertain London commuters at Liverpool Street Station.A show featuring a group of actors wearing Scrabble letters on their head was organized in the station's hall…
To promote a range of special offers, French national railway company SNCF took its passengers to the world of... insects!A giant vivarium featuring 500 different insects was set up in front of Paris' Gare de Lyon. Using a joystick connected to a camera,…
Lego seems to be an inexhaustible source of inspiration for out of home campaigns.As part of the celebrations of London underground's 150th anniversary, a series of "Tube" maps entirely made from Lego bricks were created and displayed in five major…
Google Maps now offers real-time transit schedule updates for seven New York City subway lines. This new service is based on the data provided by the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) on its website.This new feature is also available for buses and…
The "Underground Library" is a new example of the emerging "mobile-reading" phenomenon we already wrote about on Mobility&Trends. Part of a student project, the "Underground Library" concept aims to promote the New York Public Library and encourage…
The University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute is experimenting a new concept of “smart car” technology based on WiFi. Named “Safety Pilot Model Deployment” and part of a joint research initiative led by the National Highway Traffic Safety…
In San Francisco, the state of Utah decided to advertise on a whole subway entrance, making the everyday transportation path a bit more spectacular.The advertising agency set up a selection of images picturing beautiful Utah Mountains all over the…
… by 23% in France, 17% in the UK, 10% in Spain, 9% in Germany and 8% in Italy. Although France experiments a higher …
Last October, Creads and CheckMyMetro launched a competition to design the new Paris metro map. All in all, more than 100 maps were imagined by Internet users and 10 were pre-selected.Among those 10, more than 3 500 people voted for the best plan on the…