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• Lift 2011] Neo-nomads are territories “craftmen”

  Yasmine Abbas* calls neo-nomads today's hyper mobile individuals, who interact in a specific way with spaces and territories.

  10/02/2011
• Interview of Clemens Raemy - Founder of SaferTaxi

  "I was traveling in South America before coming to Harvard Business School. There, I have a couple of friend from different cities, Lima, Buenos Aires, Santiago Do Chili and every time we went out together, they all told me : "you can never ever take a taxi from the street, it's too dangerous, they may do something to you. So what you have to do is, you call up a taxi company you trust, tell them where you want a taxi and they will come and pick you up 15 up 30 minutes later." But I hate waiting and if it's rush hour or it's raining, there is no way for you to get a taxi within an hour." These thoughts and experiences were the basis of Clemens Raemy's idea to create SaferTaxi, a new application for IPhone recently released in Latin America, London and recently launched in Boston, with the goal of fighting taxi safety issues.

  In the interview, Clemens explains us how the service functions, why he thinks it is of great value for users and cab companies and further, how citizens now experiment sort of a shift of powers when it comes to different urban services. To go further on taxi's innovations, read the blog post "Taxis... collectifs, connectés, électriques !"

  04/02/2011
• Re-planning cities

  Architects and planners have long had the desire to completely build or re-build cities. Naturally, Brasilia is an example of the first along with the many recent plans of eco-metropolises around the world. Grand schemes for the re-planning of cities are also found throughout history. Le Corbusier's plan for Paris is of course among the most (in)famous of these, but it is worth noticing that current planners do not appear to be completely indifferent to such ideas - the popularity of the new 'SimCity' Style Tool for Urban Planning named Betaville underlines this. Being accessible to everyone, it is a brilliant way to increase participatory planning, but it is probably a safe bet to say that NYC planning professionals will be among the most frequent users.

  16/12/2010
• About Spanish Mobility

  With the Seat 600 hitting the road in the 60s, the economic recovery - also called the Spanish Miracle - has been characterized by a massive access to private cars. Adding the European Social Fund generosity, largely targeted at improving transport infrastructures, you get modern Spain. Today, the country can count on a extensive and mainly free road network, and a 2005-2020 Transport Plan which objective is to provide 94% of the population with a highway in a radius of less than 30 km (18 miles).

  Read in french : De la mobilité en Espagne and De l'intelligence des déplacements en Espagne

  10/12/2010
• Development of high-speed rails on three continents

  Climate change, ash clouds, economic recession, distance to city centres and the troublesome safety procedures in airports are as many reasons for the re-introduction of high-speed railways on the high-priority lists of policymakers in Washington, Beijing and European capitals.

  20/07/2010
• Bicycle users are augmented urban dwellers

  09/06/2010