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  • Reading the city: wayfinding is about more than getting from A to B

    Wayfinding has been variously described as: spatial problem-solving systems that assist people to find their way from one place to another a way of helping people engage seamlessly in a built environment An effective wayfinding system consists of signs, maps ....

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  • Plugging into the future: can electric vehicles clear the air?

    “Electric Car2Go”by mikecogh is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Science tells us that improvements to our air quality bring real health benefits – fewer heart attacks, strokes and premature births, less cancer, dementia and asthma, and lower incidences of premature ....

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  • How a smart canal and a sponge city could regenerate North Glasgow

    by Scott Faulds In the late 18th century, following years of delays and complications, the Forth and Clyde Canal was finally completed and opened for use. In the pre-industrial era, the canal was an essential transport corridor, which allowed goods ....

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  • Digital Leaders Week: Digital government – looking beyond Britain

      This week, the Knowledge Exchange blog is marking Digital Leaders Week with a look back at some of our digital-themed blog posts from the past, and focusing on more recent digital developments. Our blog has often taken an international ....

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  • Climate change: we can reclaim cities from the car without inconveniencing people

    This guest blog was written by Richard Kingston, Professor of Urban Planning and GISc, University of Manchester and Ransford A. Acheampong, Presidential Academic Fellow in Future Cities, University of Manchester. Since the 1920s, the car has revolutionised the way people ....

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  • Zoning in on air pollution: low emission zones to tackle our dangerously dirty air

    At the start of this year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that air pollution posed the greatest threat to global environmental health in 2019. The UN’s public health agency estimates that nine out of ten people worldwide breathe polluted ....

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  • Free for all: fare-free public transport is going places

    At the end of 2018, the coalition government in Luxembourg announced plans to abolish charges for anyone using trains, trams and buses. Beginning next spring, public transport across the country will be free for all.  The measure extends an existing ....

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  • The ‘Netflix of transportation’ – could MaaS be the future of urban mobility?

    Congestion, air pollution, inadequate public transport services – these are just some of the issues cities around the world are having to try and mitigate.  Could Mobility as a Service (MaaS) be the solution? A recent webinar presented on Intelligent ....

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  • Science in the city: applying neuroscience to urban design

    Cities have long been considered primarily in terms of their buildings and infrastructure.  However, in recent years, a more ‘human-centric’ view has been adopted – focusing on the people who inhabit the city, and how they perceive and respond to ....

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  • Unlocking the potential of smart cities: All-Party Parliamentary Group calls for coherent UK Government strategy

    By Steven McGinty “The role of smart cities is not to create a society of automation and alienation, but to bring communities together”. (Iain Stewart MP) In June, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smart Cities published a report outlining ....

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