Out-of-home – democratic, accessible and embedded in the urban environment – has great power to improve female representation in advertising and lead conversations in wider society.
Our cities are too often built around cars, especially in the US where each public or private building must make sure to have a parking to host visitors. But all those “free” parking spots have a price. You pay nothing when parking your car, but you still…
Mexico City just took a radical decision that could greatly enhance both its housing market and its walkability: the removal of minimum parking requirements. The previous policy forced developers to build a minimum number of parking spaces in each…
Among other natural elements, water surely is one of the most appreciated in cities – or even a symbol, as the famous “Jet d’Eau” (water-jet) in Geneva. The activity of swimming in urban waterways was something common in the early decades of the 20th…
In a near future, driverless cars may reshape our daily mobility – and even the design of our streets. The company Blank Space partnered with the city of New York to launch the Driverless Future Challenge. Competitors were invited to imagine the impact of…
How to involve your community into a planning project, when residents don’t have time to attend never-ending traditional meetings? New York decided to solve this issue with a new tool deployed during the planning of the Brownsville neighbourhood, one of…
What is a bike-friendly city? For sure, a city that invests in bike infrastructure or develops an efficient bike sharing service, a place where cycling is both safe and easy, like Amsterdam or Copenhagen. If US cities seem far behind these two cycling…
After the creation of dedicated accelerators for tourism, logistics and mobility start-ups, Paris pursues its ambitious program for innovation with FAIRE, a whole new incubator dedicated to innovative urban projects. Created in January 2017, the structure…
According to the recent report of the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, one in three US households will include at least one 65 or older member by 2035. If developed countries generally tend to grow older, the trend is particularly visible in…
The past decades have been a period of rapid urbanisation throughout the world. Thanks to the Google Timelapse feature, it is now possible to observe this evolution via satellite imagery.You can choose any location in the world, and the Timelapse feature…
As it becomes more and more difficult to find an affordable place to live in big cities, two German architects have developed a smart housing solution: tiny houses located on unused rooftops.By the end of 2016, Berlin's rooftops will be the first to greet…
And it is a global trend. In his speech, the director of LSE Cities Ricky Burdett reminds us of the preoccupying situation of urban growth. By 2050, an expected 2.5 billion people around the world will be moving into cities, climate change refugees not…
This Focus, second component of a trilogy dedicated to the innovative ways through which citizens can directly take action to change their cities, will look at crowdsourcing as a powerful tool to empower citizens, enhance mobility and create better…
An old Russian proverb says: "There are only two problems in Russia: fools and roads". If we know little about Russian fools, the second statement seems to be very true: there is an unhealthy passion for roads in Moscow, the Russian capital city.Danish…
Though cities are depicted as lively places bustling with human activity, things become more ambivalent when you look closer. Economic crisis, bad urban planning or urban pauperization are some of the many reasons explaining the proliferation of derelict…
Scientists and NGOs are unanimous : this winter is the warmest ever worldwide. And 2015 was even the warmest year ever recorded by the Nasa and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which showed that 2015 breaks the 2014 record of…
Like many town-planners and politicians, you might think that building more roads will solve traffic issues. And you would be wrong.CityLab listed a series of such traffic myths encountered in the media and panel discussions during last year, and provided…
In Asturias, the church of Santa Barbara in Llanera was abandoned for years. Red Bull, the energy drink brand that sponsors various extreme and urban sports events helped the collective "Church Brigade" to salvage the church through a fundraising campaign…
Americans love biking, and even more having separate lanes to ride their bike safely. But building bike lanes was often a big deal a few years ago, as it was removing space for cars, and as the lanes were not protected from car traffic, and thus dangerous…
We often think about Spain when we talk about ghost cities, due to the general interruption of the construction projects after the bursting of the real estate bubble.But China is also witnessing an unprecedented rise of empty cities, due the frenetic…