Singularity Hub
Future Cities: New Challenges Mean We Need to Reimagine the Look of Urban Landscapes
3 min · · We need to know what can be sustained and what cannot, where cities can be located and where they cannot, and how we might travel in and between them. · Shared by 28, including Leo Blazquez, AI, John Hagel, Brian Ahier
Bloomberg
The Problem With ‘Mobility as a Service’
6 min · · Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg. · Shared by 28, including Wilko S. Wolters, Antonio Vieira Santos, Leo Blazquez
ArchDaily
10 Cities Embracing Bicycles in their Urban Planning
5 min · · To celebrate World Bicycle Day, we are sharing 10 of the most bike-friendly cities across the world, and how they have adapted their urban spaces. · Shared by 26, including William J. Martin, Leo Blazquez
Enrique Dans
Mitos y leyendas: los vehículos eléctricos que misteriosamente contaminaban más » Enrique Dans
· Es uno de los comentarios más habituales que suelen surgir en todas las conversaciones sobre vehículos eléctricos, como una especie de enmienda a la totalidad: “no valen la pena, porque como la electricidad que utilizan se produce con combustibles fósiles, contaminan más que los vehículos con motor de explosión”. Es la llamada “teoría del tubo de escape largo”, o “long tailpipe theory“, ya completamente desarmada en numerosas ocasiones por estudios científicos, pero que aún es citada profusament · Shared by 25, including Leo Blazquez
medium.com
Why cities shouldn’t go back to normal after COVID-19
6 min · · Lockdown life has given us a taste of a car-free future. But once this tragic moment is over, how do we get there? · Shared by 24, including Leo Blazquez, Moritz Meenen
WIRED
The Auto Industry Is Wrecked—Let’s Rebuild It With Electric
3 min · · It’s the perfect time for a transportation revolution: the Green-Car New Deal. · Shared by 23, including Chris Isak, Backchannel, Leo Blazquez
CB Insights
Disrupting The Car: How Shared Cars, Bikes, & Scooters Are Reshaping Transportation And Cannibalizing Car Ownership
12+ min · · Shared mobility services are more convenient — and in some cases, more affordable — than owning a car. We break down a number of these emerging modes of transport by trip length. · Shared by 23, including Mike Quindazzi, Boris K. A. Reinhard - redminds GmbH, Leo Blazquez, Glyn Britton
Smart Cities Dive
Accessible city planning starts with unbiased data insight
4 min · · New tech in cities can sometimes do more harm than good. Considering inclusive datasets is an essential part of the process for cities to realize benefits, writes Humanising Autonomy CEO Maya Pindeus. · Shared by 21, including Carla Gentry 🎶, Leo Blazquez
Deloitte Strategy
Mobility after coronavirus crisis
3 min · · The coronavirus crisis will change how the Swiss population moves around. Use of individual private transport will increase; use of public transport, taxis and ride-sharing services decline. This is… · Shared by 20, including Leo Blazquez, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Gerd Leonhard, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
Increment
The city guide to open source
10 min · · What can cities teach open source about governance, funding, and managing limited resources? · Shared by 20, including Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Devon ☀️, Leo Blazquez
Enrique Dans
Madrid: la barbaridad de dar pasos atrás en la lucha contra la contaminación
2 min · · El nuevo alcalde de Madrid, el conservador José Luis Martínez-Almeida, aprueba un nuevo plan para Madrid llevado por la obsesión de eliminar Madrid Central, el plan creado por su antecesora, que había… · Shared by 19, including Martin Varsavsky, Leo Blazquez
Smart Cities Dive
5 focal points needed to develop a smart city
4 min · · Given the pace at which new technology is overtaking social infrastructure, cities must "up their game" with a greater sense of focus and urgency. · Shared by 18, including Vodafone IoT, Leo Blazquez
Enrique Dans
Los cinco elementos que provocan la adopción masiva del vehículo eléctrico
2 min · · Las ventas de vehículos eléctricos a nivel mundial crecieron un 43% durante el año 2020, con algunos mercados punteros como Noruega o los Países Bajos en los que los automóviles eléctricos vendidos ya… · Shared by 17, including Leo Blazquez
spur.org
COVID-19 Does Not Have to Be the Death of Transit
2 min · · The COVID-19 pandemic presents a profound threat to the future of transit. It’s hard to speculate how the future will play out when the world today looks so different from the one we inhabited just… · Shared by 17, including Leo Blazquez, Jarrett Walker @humantransit@mastodon.online, Allison Arieff, Brent Toderian
Bicycling Magazine
Study Says Bicycles Are the Future of Urban Transportation
2 min · · Deloitte says that technological innovations—like e-bikes—will spur bicycling’s growth around the world. · Shared by 16, including Leo Blazquez
Sifted
Has Trafi cracked mobility-as-a-service where others have failed?
6 min · · Mobility-as-a-service startup Trafi has raised a Series B and landed new global city partnerships. It also has deals with Google, Apple, Lyft and Gojek. · Shared by 15, including Leo Blazquez