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Walking

Keeping Distance With Footpath Existence! How Dublin Used The Covid Pandemic to Boost Walkability

Tanja Polonyi - April 27, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way we move. It has highlighted the need to reallocate space and take a new perspective on city planning. Early in 2020, Dublin set a plan in motion to boost active mobility and make the Irish capital...

Editorial

Sharing is Caring – So Why Do Pedestrians Lose the Fight for Space?

Karl Dickinson - April 13, 2023

As a pedestrian, have you ever crossed the road and waved in appreciation to the driver who stopped to let you go, despite it being you right of way? And how many times have you approached a similar crossing only for the traffic to speed...

City Logistics

“Truck or Trike?” – How a Vancouver Co-Op Challenges the Status Quo of Last Mile Delivery

Sarah Konrad - March 25, 2021

In the highly competitive logistics business environment, Shift Delivery is taking delivery trucks off, and cargo trikes onto Vancouver’s streets. All by putting community over profit. Here’s what it means to deliver goods the good way, even in times of crisis! The Canadian City of...

City Logistics

Pedalling Towards Change: The Case for Cargo Bikes in City Logistics

Sarah Konrad - November 24, 2021

Cargo bikes and trikes are fast, flexible, they offer large storage capacity, and on top of all that, they produce zero tailpipe emissions. In other words, cargo bikes are the perfect fit for deliveries and parcel pick-ups in dense urban areas. From a Niche...

Greenery

Green Is the New Black: How to Get Started

Metka Novak - September 13, 2021

You want to start greening your city but don’t exactly know where to start or how to go about it? Well, lucky you! Below is a neat step-by-step guide to making your change-making path as smooth as possible. Follow the steps and your city will...

Car-Free

The Top 5 EU Projects on Reducing Car Use – and What You Can Learn From Them

Lauren McAskie - April 18, 2022

Over the last 20 years or so the European Union has funded hundreds of projects aiming to reduce private vehicle usage and emissions. We took a look to see what some of the biggest initiatives have been to summarise what they achieved, how they...

Car-Free

Cars or Kids, Who’s King? How to Put Children Before Cars in City Planning

Lauren McAskie - March 16, 2022

For the last century, there’s been an ongoing battle for city space between cars and children, which, for the most part, has been won by the former. Kids no longer have the right to roam freely in their own neighbourhoods, and we’ve placed the...

Young Leaders

Communicator and Collaborator: Andrew Amos

Metka Novak - September 13, 2021

Great communication, determination, vision, curiosity, and eagerness to learn are all qualities that make up a good urban planner and a CityChanger. Qualities that this Young Leader possesses without a doubt. As an Urban Designer at ClarkeHopkinsClarke in Australia, Andrew Amos is passionate about finding...

Walking

Pedestrian Policy – How to Create a Walking Strategy for Your City

Tanja Polonyi - January 31, 2022

Making a city pedestrian-friendly is no easy task. You need the policies to back you up, you need a strategy for your city that outlines exactly what you want to achieve and the actions that need to be taken to increase walkability. But what...

Walking

Traffic Snake Game Network: How an EU Project Encourages Sustainable Mobility Through a Game

Metka Novak - April 27, 2021

How to implement changes in a fun and exciting way? How to influence the youngest residents of your city to switch to sustainable means of transport? Well, through gaming, obviously! Specifically, with a game called Traffic Snake Game Network. What Exactly Is the Traffic Snake...

Cycling

Kimberley Nelson: “I Was Tired Of My Life Being Threatened”

Jo Helme - February 22, 2021

Kimberley’s dangerous commute led her down a path where she would end up transforming Calgary into one of Canada’s cycling cities. She tells us about the journey, along with e-scooters dating, ‘sanity rides’ and how best to drive change. Kimberley’s Story: Battling for the Bike Commuting...

Editorial

Climate What? Choose Your Words Carefully

Karl Dickinson - May 18, 2023

In the realm of climate change and sustainability, how much do the words we use matter? A lot. As any linguist will tell you, language shapes our relationship with the world around us. Recently, a colleague made me aware of research into the phrases and tone...

Editorial

Why Controversy Matters: An Intro to Our Editorials

Karl Dickinson - March 16, 2023

CityChangers.org has introduced this series of editorials as a chance for our writing team and guests to air personal opinions on the problems, solutions, and lived experiences in our urban spaces. In this first piece, we suggest that it’s important to hear and respond...

Greenery

How to Green and Maintain Your Sustainable Roof

Metka Novak - March 24, 2022

Wouldn’t it be nice to go on your roof on a hot summer’s day, bringing a book and fresh lemonade with you, lying back in a deckchair and enjoying the sunny day – without actually burning to death? From providing shade and food to...

FWE Nexus

What Is the Food-Water-Energy Nexus?

Karl Dickinson - October 25, 2022

Water, food, energy: in terms of creating sustainable cities, they are virtually impossible to separate. Optimising outputs for one relies on efficient resource management for all three, intrinsically locked as they are in the FWE nexus. So why don’t we design urban systems holistically...

Housing

The Challenges of Improving Housing

Iris Fiebiger - September 28, 2021

Housing is a complex issue. Depending on what aspect of it you want to change, you will come across many different challenges. Whether you want to make housing affordable, tackle homelessness, or promote new ways of living, we have worked hard to collate all the...

Walking

CityChanger Eugene Quinn: Opening a Dialogue Through Walking Tours

Cornelia Forsthuber - May 10, 2021

Eugene Quinn is a man of many professions: he’s an urbanist and a DJ, a fantastic storyteller, a creative mind, and above all, a passionate walker. Eugene created more than 60 walking tours in Vienna – with 90% of the people coming on tours...

Housing

CityChanger Mikaela Åberg: Drottninghög’s Neighbourhood Revival

Karl Dickinson - May 16, 2022

As an urban developer, Mikaela Åberg improves lives in one of Helsingborg’s most socially deprived districts: Drottninghög. Just a month before she is due to speak at the UF22 conference, this CityChanger tells us what led her here, why neighbourhoods like this matter, and...

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