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

Tanja Polonyi - January 31, 2022 0

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...

Cycling

From Enemy to Ally? How to Share Bike-Lanes With E-Scooters

Tanja Polonyi - February 17, 2022 0

They endanger pedestrians, they are annoying, and people throw them away like garbage: E-scooters. Many citizens, especially pedestrians and cyclists, do not care for them. But let’s be clear: the potential of e-scooters is...

Car-Free

CityChanger Florian Lorenz: A Perfect City Is an Unfinished One

Tanja Polonyi - March 14, 2022 0

Urban planning can no longer be business as usual, and cities need to allow for the necessary innovation to tackle the world’s environmental problems. We talked about these topics, among others, with Florian Lorenz,...

Car-Free

Metamorphosis: An EU Project Where Children Are the Central Force Behind Change

Metka Novak - April 14, 2021 0

When was the last time you saw children playing on the streets of your neighbourhood or heard their carefree, joyful laughter? Probably a long time ago. We seem to live in a society where...

Walking

So, You Talk the Talk, but Can You Walk the Walk? These EU Projects Can!

Metka Novak - April 16, 2021 0

Believe it or not, implementing a safe and reliable pedestrian infrastructure is not an easy task. Such projects require collaboration among many cities and countries, extensive research, a lot of time, and, let’s face...

Walking

5 EU Projects on Walkability and Their Contributions

Metka Novak - April 22, 2021 0

It starts with ACCESS2MOUNTAIN and ends with Smart Pedestrian Net. We’ll give you a quick and neat glossary of selected EU walkability projects and their achievements. EU projects hold more meaning than first meets the...

Walking

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

Metka Novak - April 27, 2021 0

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...

Walking

When You Don’t Feel Safe in Your Own Neighbourhood – The Lack of Safety for Communities of Colour

Metka Novak - May 4, 2021 0

Black individuals are 2,5 times more likely to be killed by law enforcement on public surfaces, are often harassed at home by their neighbours, and only 22% of them feel they can safely bike...

Walking

Making Cities Pedestrian-Friendly: How to Get Started

Metka Novak - May 11, 2021 0

So, you would like your city to be more pedestrian-friendly? You see the potential of your city but don’t exactly know where or how to start? You’ve come to the right place! Here you’ll...

Walking

The Importance of Pedestrian Safety: How to Make Your City Walkable

Metka Novak - May 14, 2021 0

Hello, fellow pedestrian. Yes, you! We may forget that we’re all pedestrians at times, as we’re so used to getting behind a wheel, jumping onto a bus or even straddling a bike. However, walking...

Greenery

How Community Gardens Australia Helps Bring Residents Together

Metka Novak - June 9, 2021 2

Community gardens are on the rise, no question about it. Whether it’s providing space for residents to grow their own food or offering a green space to escape the concrete jungles and building a...

Greenery

CityChanger Dusty Gedge: “A City Has the Responsibility to Deliver Real, Meaningful Biodiversity”

Metka Novak - June 23, 2021 0

A circus performer, an actor, and a birdwatcher – becoming the name in the field of green roofs certainly wasn’t on Dusty’s agenda. The current President of the European Federation of Green Roof and...

Greenery

The Case for Green Roofs

Metka Novak - June 28, 2021 0

How to incorporate greenery into urban spaces? Where to put green spaces in a densely populated area? Putting them on a roof is a way to go! The benefits of green roofs are being...

Greenery

EU Projects Working Towards Greener Cities

Metka Novak - June 29, 2021 0

Green is the new black; or rather, ‘greenzoning’ is the new ‘grayzoning’. These EU projects are the ones painting the cities green, striving to protect the (urban) biodiversity, or focusing on social inclusion by...

Greenery

Urban Gardening in Bustling Cities

Metka Novak - July 7, 2021 0

As the desire for eating healthy, fresh, organic and home-grown produce grows, naturally so does the desire for gardening. But where to garden when you live in a densely populated city? Urban gardens offer...

Greenery

How to Include Greenery in Strategic Planning

Metka Novak - July 8, 2021 0

Everyone wants some sort of a green nook in their city. A place to relax, cool down and simply enjoy the fresh air. Perfectly fine, but the problem occurs when cities are too dense,...

Greenery

Flora Robotica: The Future of Growing Your Own House?

Metka Novak - July 21, 2021 0

Let’s talk hypothetically – what if we had the ability to grow our own houses? Out of plants? No greenhouse gas emissions, no grey concrete, no building-material waste, no heat island effects. Wouldn’t it...

Greenery

Micro-Gardening in Dakar: Fighting Food and Climate Insecurity

Metka Novak - July 28, 2021 0

In lands where proper growing soil is scarce, water supply is low, and food shortage is prevailing, cities need to resort to innovative means of obtaining the needed resources. The city of Dakar managed...

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