Our cities have long been dominated by vehicular transportation, often at the expense of safety and well-being, especially for our littlest city dwellers: kids. That’s why UMX teamed up with Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) to create the free online course: Streets for Kids: Urban Spaces for Children to Grow. UMX sat down with […]
For both kids and kids at heart: Why ‘Streets for Kids’ was created Read More »
Admit it: Cars that drive without anyone in the driver’s seat often feel like something out of a sci-fi movie. Yet even as driverless cars become more common on the streets of cities like Phoenix and San Francisco, today’s vehicles still have a long way to go before they become fully autonomous. More importantly, autonomous
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Whether you call it the curb or the “kerb,” the sliver of public space that separates vehicles and pedestrians is where action tends to take place in cities. No wonder the curbside is in such hot demand for parking, unloading, cycling, walking… and now playing and dining, too, thanks to physical street transformations like car-free
Life on the edge of the curb. Read More »
Since late 2020, the term “15-minute cities” seems to be the talk of the town in urban planning. Simply explained, it’s a city where everything you need is no more than 15 minutes away. But as with most labels, the reality is always more nuanced and — even prone to conspiracy theories, too. So is
Beyond the buzz: Unmasking the 15-minute city Read More »
Weighing advantages of data and artificial intelligence over privacy and trust concerns in transportation.
Privacy plights: Data and AI in urban mobility Read More »
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