tagged w/ Urban Planning and Transportation
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SCION’s innovative, micro-premium auto, the iQ, brings the big ideas featured in Urban Mobility and concentrates them into a sleek, new vehicle that’s big on style, sophistication and comfort but compact enough to blend easily into the urban lifestyle.
The iQ’s style is captured by innovative artists from across the country in this short film which captures the true essence behind this smartly designed car. The iQ brings a whole new set of rules to the auto-design table and will change the way you think about Urban Mobility.
As the iQ changes the way we imagine innovative vehicle design, what are some new concepts you can imagine for the future of Urban Mobility?
SCION’s innovative, micro-premium auto, the iQ, brings the big ideas featured in... more
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Developing safer, cleaner methods of transportation are key components of urban planning. A Brooklyn based architect, Dr. Mitchell Joachim, founded Terreform1, a group committed to exploring and solving the issues surrounding human transportation in an urban setting. Their designs imagine new ecological solutions to communities and vehicles while remaining energy and resource efficient.Developing safer, cleaner methods of transportation are key components of urban... more
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Foster + Partners, announced in their web site that in collaboration with PHA and Mobility in Chain, they have won an international competition where architects were challanged to come up with a masterplan for the expansion of the Incheon Free Economic Zone, encompassing the islands of Kanghwa and Onjin-gun, to the North East of Seoul, thus simply bridging Communism and Capitalism.
Incheon’s Free Economic Zone, the first in Korea, was officially designated by the Korean government in August of 2003. The goal is to transform this area into hubs for logistics, international business, leisure, and tourism for the Northeast Asian, improving the business environment for foreign-invested enterprises and the living conditions for foreigners. IFEZ is planned to be a self-contained living and business district featuring air and sea transportation, a logistics complex, an international business center, financial services, residences, schools and hospitals, and shopping and entertainment centres.
The place will not only be a symbolic bridge between two feuding countries, aslo a hub for green industry (pv panels and wind turbins manufacturers for instance). The masterplan includes biomass energy generation, the use of hydrogen fuel cells and hydroponic roofs. Onjin-gun Island will be transformed into a sustainable resort and world’s longest bridge will connect South to North Korea and the airport.
for the full article, please follow the URLFoster + Partners, announced in their web site that in collaboration with PHA and... more
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Recently, a parking space in Boston was purchased for $300,000. What implications does this sale have on our transportation future?Recently, a parking space in Boston was purchased for $300,000. What implications does... more
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PARK(ing) Day is a one-day, worldwide event that raises awareness about the use of public space and urban planning issues by transforming parking spaces into public parks, guerrilla-style.
I hope that this video will give you an impression of what an amazing and transformational event this can be. Also, given that PARK(ing) Day 2009 is just about a month from now, this is the perfect time to start planning your own project for September 18. Check out the PARK(ing) Day 2009 Web site that’s been revamped with wonderful digital tools to help you get inspired and started with a project of your own.PARK(ing) Day is a one-day, worldwide event that raises awareness about the use of... more
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Up to one third of Vancouver’s homeless, and perhaps much more, are of First Nations, Métis or Inuit ancestry, with most coming from outside Vancouver city limits. There are two main reasons why there are so many First Nations, Métis and Inuit sleeping on Vancouver’s streets. First, the federal government has allowed on-reserve housing conditions to become so horrific many have no choice but to flee to the cities. Forced reserve depopulation serves to further federal assimilation goals while at the same time off-loading housing costs to provinces and their municipalities. A double win for the feds.Up to one third of Vancouver’s homeless, and perhaps much more, are of First... more
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