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Notable City Darwin: Plausible Futures for Heat Mitigation in the Tropics

Karl Dickinson -
As extreme weather becomes commonplace, the Darwin Living Lab evaluates what cities in the tropics can do to stay cool enough to be liveable. Temperatures in Darwin can easily reach above 30°C all year round...
Inclusive Cities

4 Days 4 Lines: Improving Equitable Access to Public Transit

Karl Dickinson -
Omer Juma’s organisation 4 Lines 4 Days assesses the accessibility of metro stations. Findings in Montreal surprised city leaders, who have since commissioned improvements. Between 1984 and 2014, a succession of law changes related to...
Car-Free

Mums for Lungs: The Campaign for School Streets Powered by Coffee

Karl Dickinson -
The benefits of school streets are numerous. So too are the triggers that prompt people to set them up. For campaign group Mums for Lungs, it’s urban air pollution. We explore how their mission...
Car-Free

Od-Nowa: How Łódź is Creating Its First School Street

Karl Dickinson -
Karolina Taczalska was appalled by the density of traffic outside her son’s school, so she and Mateusz Cyganek started a project that aims to make the street child friendly by implementing small but effective...
Car-Free

What are School Streets? An Explainer

Karl Dickinson -
There has been a lot of talk about school streets in the sustainable cities sphere of late, but what does the term really mean, and why are school streets necessary? We gen up on...
Climate Adaptation

Notable City Indianapolis: Incorporating Stormwater Management into City Culture

Karl Dickinson -
Indianapolis saw an opportunity. They had plans for a cultural trail, bringing arts, pride, and improved mobility options to the downtown area. This also handed the city a chance to deal with the amount...
Car-Free

How to Create a Low Traffic Neighbourhood

Lauren McAskie -
The idea behind Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) is a straightforward one: it means closing off local streets to private cars and through traffic. Yet this seemingly ‘simple’ change can completely transform a residential area...
City Logistics

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

Sarah Konrad -
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...
Inclusive Cities

Tactile Paving: Improving Accessibility Through Design

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If you ever happen to look down while walking city streets, you may have noticed that there’s a whole world of design beneath our feet. Blind and partially sighted people face barriers and dangers while...
Car-Free

“20 Minute Neighbourhoods” With James Mant | Moments of Clarity

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Moments of Clarity is a podcast that aims to gather personal and collective insights through conversations that explore the values and beliefs that unite us. In his 29th episode, Mattew Sortino speaks with...
Car-Free

Superblocks – the Spanish Idea That Is Conquering European Cities

Tanja Polonyi -
Giving the streets back to the people: The Spanish idea of creating city blocks where cars are only allowed as guests is spreading across Europe. But what’s the story behind the superblocks, and how...
City Logistics

City Logistics: Hub or No Hub?

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Walther Ploos van Amstel is lecturer for city logistics at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA). The article was originally published on his website http://www.waltherploosvanamstel.nl. Countless books and articles have been written about urban distribution...
City Logistics

How to Make Last Mile Deliveries More Efficient (and Green): The Challenge

Sarah Konrad -
It’s a simple equation: A growing number of people living in cities plus a growing e-commerce sector plus a growing parcel volume equals traffic collapse, right? Well, maybe. But maybe not! We show how...
City Logistics

How to Deliver Goods via a Micro Hub: Insights from a Package Delivery Company

Sarah Konrad -
“We don’t need another empirical study on micro hubs. We have run enough trials – now is the time to act.” Rainer Kiehl, Project Manager for City Logistics at UPS Hamburg, is convinced that...
City Logistics

Think Outside the Box – How to Co-Use Public Transport Facilities for City Logistics

Sarah Konrad -
Setting up micro hubs is a promising approach to last-mile delivery. Yet, what is often missing is a suitable space in city centres. Using public transport facilities such as a bus garage or tram...
Car-Free

Perspectives on the 15-Minute City: How to Turn a Utopia Into a Reality

Lauren McAskie -
You may have already heard of the concept of a ’15-minute city’, but what do urban planners really think about the feasibility of making cities time-scaled, is this mere design fantasy, or is this...
Architecture & Design

Dialogue & Redesign: How Business is Booming Again on Leyton’s High Streets

Karl Dickinson -
It took just months to spruce up High Road Leyton, once again filling what was a declining town centre with businesses, people, and pride. London’s atmosphere was electric. In the run-up to the 2012 summer...
Architecture & Design

CityChanger Deborah Saunt: Decent City-making with Social Value

Karl Dickinson -
Co-founder of DSDHA, Deborah Saunt, explains how social value optimises the investment in public spaces, and why redevelopment projects are improved by random conversations. When Deborah Saunt was asked to design a landmark building for...
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