Category: Move & Stay
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Frankfurt: a new era of urban mobility?
Will Frankfurt change into a cycling and pedestrian-friendly city?
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Car or Careless in Italy?
There are increasingly good arguments to devote less money, time and space in our cities to the privately owned fossil automobile. There is the sustainability and health argument, the livability and attractive urban space argument and now also a technological argument. The technological argument is based on two intertwining trends: the development of new forms…
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Developing the Inclusive City Centre: Frankfurt am Main
We are off on another adventure in our Frankfurt Urban Development series. After discussing the cycling infrastructure, car centered streets and the car saturated inner city, we now pick up the tracks exactly where we halted: the Berliner Straβe. Car still the status symbol? As said, Frankfurt is a perfect example of how post-war urban…
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Building Inclusive Streets: Reshaping the Schlossstrasse, Frankfurt
Streets exist in many forms. From large, straight and open, to small, winding and secluded. Streets have different meanings to different people. For one it might be the way to work, for the other a place to hang out. Especially in cities, streets are multidimensional, multifunctional and multi-interpretable. Streets are there for movement, place making…
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Vietnamese Cities: Finding the Urban in the Peri-Urban
Sarah Allen reflects on her research in Vietnam on what it means to live in the city and what it means to live on the fringes.
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Matatus: Kenyas Layered Transportation System
Maarten Markus tells about the informal and layered transportation system in Nairobi, each layer catering to different social groups in the city. Hop on a Matatu and join for a ride!
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Gender Inequality: Still an Issue in Transport
Benedict McAteer reviews how gender inequality plays into transport policy decision-making in Belfast and Amsterdam.
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Downtown Dead Zones: Chicago Fights Back
In many cities around the world, dowtown areas transfer into dead zones after work hours. How does Chicago cope with this effect?
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Tesla’s EV as Revolution in Sustainable Transportation?
Tesla is set to revolutionisze transportation with its Electric Vehicles, but how sustainable are EVs? Ryan Bellinson presents some thoughts and facts on the future of urban mobility and EVs.
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Ojek Ride-Sharing in Indonesia: A New Urban Mobility
In Jakarta, many people rely on the informal ojek or motorbike taxis as a mode of public transport. Galuh Indraprahasta discusses how ICT-innovation currently changes the system, both for consumers and drivers.