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New paths for the roads of tomorrow

Transportation news feeds are filled with tech innovations and new start-ups willing to improve our daily mobility…

Swimming is back in town (it’s still summer!)

Among other natural elements, water surely is one of the most appreciated in cities – or even a symbol, as the famous …

How cities deal with the climate change risks

According to the non-profit organization “100 Resilient Cities”, urban resilience is the ability of individuals,…

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When Fiat helps you to park your car

Fiat recently imagined an original advertising campaign in Frankfurt to present its latest Fiat 500. The company…

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Healthy citizens, healthy economy

According to several studies conducted by the University of Cambridge and the University of California, it would be…

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Northern Europe is still a cycling heaven

Every two years, the Brussels-based pro-cycling lobby European Cyclists’ Federation unveils a barometer measuring…

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What do Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam sound like?

The train company Thalys launched an original and amusing advertising campaign called “The sounds of the city”. They…

Urban Radar

Intelligent helmets for bikers

London-based company Future Cities Catapult created a prototype of an intelligent helmet equipped with a GPS and a…

Urban Radar

Potholes are tweeting in Panama City!

In order to get rid of the dozens of potholes in Panama City, television station Telemetro Panama and advertising…

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Underground cities

In a context of fast growing urbanization, cities are facing issues such as congestion and lack of space for new…

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The most dynamic cities in the world

American investment management and real estate company Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) recently released the "City Momentum…

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Being a Millennial: an (urban) state of mind?

American carsharing company Zipcar published the fifth edition of its annual "Millennial Survey" which examines the…

Urban Radar

To find the closest bus stop, just hold up your phone!

"Departures NYC" aims at letting people find their way in the sometimes complicated New York bus network. This mobile…

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Redesigning the daily commute

Willing to make public transportation more attractive and offer an alternative way to travel by bus, San Francisco…

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A billboard made of wet clothes

LG Electronics Australia teamed-up with GPY&R agency to showcase the ultra large capacity of its latest washing mach

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Responsive street furniture for the disabled

As part of the Designs of the year exhibition held at London's Design Museum, British designer Ross Atkin unveiled…

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Bike-sharing ridership increases with station density

American "National Association of City Transportation Officials" (NACTO) recently published a study entitled "Walkable…

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History comes to life in Montreal

As part of Montreal's 375th birthday celebrations, nonprofit historical society "Montréal en Histoires" created a…

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The "ant-sized" billboard

In order to promote the forthcoming superhero film "Ant-Man",  Marvel launched an "ant-sized" campaign in several…

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Rain-activated street art

Seattle is said to be a gloomy city when it's raining.Willing to brighten people's day when the weather is bad, local…

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The snow graffiti

In order to promote Mexico as a destination in the US, the Mexico Tourism Board and Lapiz agency came up with an…

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Mapping the world with data

Data from social networks, software or mobile applications have become major sources to create a new generation of maps…

Urban Radar

The shadowless towers

American Architects NBBJ might have found a solution to the lack of light in the streets of neighborhoods with many…

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Subaru helps Montrealers shovel the snow off their car

Japanese automaker Subaru partnered with Canadian agency Rinaldi to promote its all-wheel drive models in the middle of…

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A bright idea

McDonald's and Canadian communication agency Cossette came up with an original and "bright" campaign using the movement…

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Towards a normalization of smart city projects

As part of the Fiware project, a cloud-based and open source platform dedicated to new technologies and funded by the…

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A parking garage designed specifically for bicycles

As part of a competition organized by the City of Stockholm, Swedish agency Belatchew Architects unveiled the project…

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All-door boarding allows significant saving of time

From 2012 to 2014, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) experimented all-door boarding in its…

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Using beacons to help the visually-impaired find their way in the subway

Transport for London (TfL) is currently testing an innovative wayfinding system for the visually-impaired at Pimlico…

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The mini poster

Last year, Smart made a clever use of space for one of its campaigns and used the narrow side of a billboard to…

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Real-time information increases transit ridership

The benefits of real-time transit information are already known, but a survey conducted by a team of researchers from…

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Fountains turned into a giant outdoor game

There might be nostalgic gamers in the team that designed the fountains located on King's Cross's Granary Square in…

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A shadow with big round ears...

Wishing to promote its "Show your Disney side" campaign and spread a little magic in the middle of the winter, Disney…

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CES 2015: Towards a connected world

The 2015 edition of the Consumer Electronic Show (CES), held in Las Vegas from January 6th to 9th, was the largest in…

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Self-funding still preferred by startup entrepreneurs

Based on figures provided by the National Venture Capital Association, American crowdfunding platform for small…

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Wearables market to rise sixfold by 2018

IDATE, a European think tank focused on the digital economy, just published its latest report on the wearables and…

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Modern pedestrians carry more things than their ancestors

A French-Swedish study conducted by researchers from Toulouse and Gothenburg focused on an interesting yet relatively…

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Paris 2050: green towers to fight global warming

As part of a tender launched by the City of Paris about the future of its climate-energy plan, Belgian architect…

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Using digital to enhance local businesses

American Express and New York-based design agency Hush teamed-up to create an interactive installation allowing…