Mobility
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3.5KA young mayor tackles one of Europe’s most polluted capitals
As mayor of Tirana, Albania, Erion Veliaj has introduced alternatives modes of transport to the city’s traffic-clogged streets and made the public...
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2.2KBarcelona tackles its traffic, pollution with parking policies and superblocks
Cities of the Future talks to Barcelona’s mobility guru, Mercedes Vidal, about how the high pollution levels that are pushing the city...
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Customers Not Ready to Give Full Control to Autonomous Cars
A survey conducted by MIT’s AgeLab suggested that while consumers are interested in advanced safety technologies that assist the driver in reacting...
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3.3KNo Free Parking — Leave Your Car At Home
Free and cheap parking is expensive for cities. It becomes a pull factor for commuters to bring their cars every day, together...
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14.7KTaxi Drivers, Your Job has an Expiry Date
Autonomous vehicles are already in production and big city taxi drivers could be out of a job in 10 years, including those...
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Barcelona’s first Superblock, Fighting the Power of Habit and Wavering Political Will
A month ago, after nearly three decades of waiting, Barcelona urban designer Salvador Rueda finally saw the first “Superilla” (Superblock) installed in...
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28.8K1Superblocks, Barcelona Answer to Car-Centric City
Barcelona wants to be the world’s best city for people. To reclaim the public space and community living that residents lost to...
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IoT and Analytics are Reshaping the Rail Industry
Using sophisticated sensors and analytics Spain’s high-speed trains achieve 99.98% availability, allowing the rail company to operate without reserve units. The Bangkok...
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Deputy Mayor of London: Diesel NOT the Right Thing for Cities
Cities of the Future sat down with Matthew Pencharz, Deputy Mayor for Environment & Energy for the Greater London Authority (GLA), during...
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Cities Should Consider Going Cashless
It is starting to make sense for cities worldwide to prepare for a cashless society. Children in Iceland bake cookies to sell on...