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Why Protected Bike Lanes Save Lives.
DAVID DUDLEY @dccdudley Nov 22, 2016 A new study shows how cities with separated cycling infrastructure saw big safety improvements and higher ridership numbers. Several weeks ago, painted lines and flexible plastic lane dividers began materializing on Maryland...
Why sustainable transport is important. Keys to know
In 1901, the future looked bright for the newly arrived automobile. Racing driver Henri Fournier confidently predicted that because the automobile was so much "better, quicker, surer, cheaper" than horse drawn transport, city streets would become cleaner and there...
What is tactical transit and which cities are applying it.
Tactical transit is derived from tactical Urbanism, idea whereby a local movement of citizens improves the environment by using non-permanent methods in order to develop a new style of life. These citizens do this kind of initiatives because they consider that it's...
Which cities are developing an urban accessibility.
Are you trying to discover which cities are developing an urban accessibility? You are in the right site! Firstly, is important to know that some cities are developing urban accessibility to build more holistic infrastructure by emphasizing sustainable and equitable,...
Some municipalities adapt the bus stops with the Vectorial® system quickly and easily to needs of the new bus fleet.
The Barcelona Metropolitan Area has expanded its bus fleet with electric and hybrid vehicles. Some of these new vehicles are longer than the existing ones. This makes more difficult for the driver to bring the bus to the stop in a way that ensures safe boarding for...
New York City’s Congestion Pricing tax.
Cities are getting involved in many initiatives to promote sustainable mobility in city centers, or at least to control and to reduce the massive use of private vehicles for daily commutes. The New York City's Congestion Pricing tax. New York City has chosen...
Changing mobility is one of the milestones for the cities of the future.
Cities and its structures are changing in order to adapt themselves to the current environmental and societal requirements. These changes can be seen in the urban structures and in the infrastructures in which the cities are investing more time and material resources....
ZICLA’s Zebra® separators are part of the landscape of Barcelona.
Barcelona is the city where we have installed more Zebra® separators since we began manufacturing them. Both, ZICLA and Zebra® separators were born in Barcelona, and it has been the first big city to include this product massively in its bike lane network. In fact, if...
The bicycle, a key tool for the present and future of the mobility in the cities.
The bicycle and the sustainable mobility. Due to the population increase, the urban traffic and the severe pollution challenges we are facing nowadays the sustainable mobility, in which the bike is a key factor and must be one of the milestones in the agendas of our...