Mobycon

09/06/2023

Mobycon, with partners Toole Design Group, developed a plan for Commercial Street in Nanaimo, Canada, using design concepts that would create a renewed sense of place and a -scale . Key to the process was .

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Mobycon developed a plan for Commercial Street in Nanaimo, Canada, with design concepts that would create a human-scale streetscape.

28/04/2023

Mobycon worked with the World Resources Institute partner cities around the world to support a variety of goals. We collaborated with, and had the opportunity to learn from, Addis Ababa, multiple cities in Asia, as well as Vietnam and Brazil!

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Mobycon partnered with the World Resources Institute (WRI) as an expert consultant to provide coaching services to WRI partner cities. This on-call relationship enables the team to assist partners with pre-identified, individual mobility challenges. This collaboration has included supporting the dev...

21/04/2023

As part of the Communities on the Move program in North Carolina, Mobycon led a workshop on for a group of community-based interns and is supporting the creation of a comprehensive report on active mobility in the state.

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The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and the Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC) received funding to support communities in encouraging higher levels of activity through active transportation. The Communities on the Move program, started in 2018, has two main goals: to reduce...

17/04/2023

TOMORROW on Mobycon Academy! Communications and Engagement Advisor Melissa Bruntlett sits down with Rusudan Zhozhadze, Head of Municipal Policy Department at Batumi City Hall, to discuss the Safe Way to School pilot co-developed by Mobycon last year.

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17/04/2023

New research from the University of Leicester shows a link between noisy and an increased risk of hypertension. The study, analysing over 240,000 individuals over 8 years, found that people living near road traffic were more likely to develop hypertension. The findings suggest stricter noise guidelines, quieter , and .

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Researchers say they studied data from more than 240,000 people who lived near noisy roads.

14/04/2023

Next week, Communications and Engagement Advisor Melissa Bruntlett will be in at a forum hosted by Vivre en Ville to present on the Netherlands' approach to and how it can be applied in the North American context.

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14/04/2023

Construction on a designed by Mobycon was completed last year in Canmore, Canada! The project began in 2018, adding separated and facilities to the intersection of Railway Ave and Bow Valley Trail.

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Mobycon redesigned a section of Railway Ave, a crucial link in the Canmore, Canada connecting several major access points to the town centre.

14/04/2023

is taking bold steps to reduce traffic in its city center! By closing off sections of to through traffic, the aims to make more space for , , and while also encouraging citizens to find new ways of getting around.

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The Dutch capital is proposing new restrictions on through-traffic as it redoubles efforts to keep cars from flooding the central city.

13/04/2023

Next week, Sustainable Mobility Consultant Moniek Jansen will be in to deliver a workshop focusing on safe schoolzones in cooperation with the Embassy in , the Municipality of Lisbon, the Dutch Embassy and CROW.

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Next week, Mobycon's Moniek Jansen will be in Lisbon to give a two-day workshop with the focus on ‘safe schoolzones’.

13/04/2023

reform is gaining traction! More and more are eliminating all parking mandates, reducing housing costs and even miles travelled.

Find out how this policy development impacts housing production and the reuse of old buildings: http://ow.ly/YyRB50NGUfg

Parking reform is gaining substantial momentum even in recent months—a policy development that will impact missing middle housing production, reuse of old buildings, and vehicle miles traveled, experts say.

12/04/2023

Check out the Safe Way to School Playbook!

The playbook shares the process and methods used to create a week-long experiment in in Batumi, Giorgia, resulting in a closure to motorised traffic and opening it up to , , and children playing. The project was initiated by City Hall, supported by ’s , and carried out by Mobycon in collaboration with local partner Black Sea Eco Academy.

Let's work towards making the route to school stress-free and safe for all children.

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Last year, Mobycon created a Tactical Urbanism Playbook as part of the Safe Way To School project initiated by Batumi City Hall, supported by GIZ’s Mobility4Cities, and carried out by Mobycon in collaboration with local partner Black Sea Eco Academy. The project culminated in a week-long tactical ...

12/04/2023

With over 150 miles of and more than 400,000 daily trips, cycling has become the new Parisian way of life.

How did transform itself from a city for to a city for cyclists and ?

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One parking structure pivoted to growing mushrooms and endives.

11/04/2023

Integrated Mobility Consultants Narayan Donaldson and Okka Maw are presenting at the Ontario Traffic Council's Active Transportation Symposium this Thursday, April 13.

They'll discuss the potential of implementing priority crossings in Ontario.

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Our colleagues, Integrated Mobility Consultants Okka Maw and Narayan Donaldson, are excited to attend the Ontario Traffic Council’s Active Transportation Symposium on April 13, 2023. Here, transportation professionals across Ontario will come together to discuss the importance of planning for acce...

11/04/2023

Sustainable Mobility Consultant Anna Wyner lays out the principles behind the Good Street, Mobycon's planning approach that seeks to strike a balance between place and flow within the environment.

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Mobycon has developed “The Good Street

07/04/2023

The Toronto Transit Commission recently implemented a series of service cuts that will disproportionately hurt poor and marginalized communities, found a report from TMU.

“It’s the exact opposite of what we need to be doing," says Prof. Steve Farber.

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Of the 39 changes that begin Sunday, the 28 with the greatest cuts pass through, or connect with, marginalized areas, a TMU study found.

06/04/2023

Even in Stavanger, Norway's "Best City", there's always room for improvement. Last month, Sustainable Mobility Consultant and Street Designer Robin van der Griend and Communications and Engagement Advisor Melissa Bruntlett led a workshop to help the city build on its success and get the finer details right.

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In September 2022, the City of Stavanger was name Norway’s Best Cycling City at the Norwegian Cycling Conference. After investing heavily in sykkelprioriterte gater (cycling priority streets), as well as building out an intercity “cycle highway”, the City has set themselves apart from other no...

05/04/2023

ICYMI: In our latest short, Integrated Consultant Narayan Donaldson dives into the weeds of , near-side signals, multi-stage crossings, and the effect good design can have on safety and .

Watch here: http://ow.ly/8gmP50NzXGy

05/04/2023

Mobycon helped develop a pilot program in Batumi, Georgia, geared towards creating safe routes for children to get to school as part of the Sustainable Mobility in the South Caucasus project (Mobility4Cities).

The project helped reimagine what public spaces— especially spaces for children— can look like when the focus is on people, not cars.

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Mobycon helped develop a tactical urbanist pilot in Batumi, Georgia, geared at providing kids with safe routes to school.

04/04/2023

42% of the city center of Arlington, Texas, is lots— compared to just 1% of central Manhattan. These maps show just how much of American cities are wasted on car storage, begging the question: What could all this space be used for instead?

Parking lots are about one-fifth of all land in U.S. city centers, making them "easy to get to, but not worth arriving at."

03/04/2023

Physical protection between and works, whether by slowing cars down— or stopping them very suddenly.

"Accidents" caused by reckless drivers only further prove how important is.

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Instead of complaining about bike lanes, try paying attention while you're driving.

03/04/2023

While "rail trails" can add much needed green space to the urban environment, they don't necessarily improve people's . To do so, planners must design spaces for both and , writes International Communications Intern Jeremy Tang.

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Transforming places around walkability and cyclability is a necessary task that starts with expanding mobility beyond car ownership.

31/03/2023

TODAY! Don't miss our next on the Town of Canmore's award-winning protected intersection!

In this Mobycon Academy Short, Manager of International Strategy Lennart Nout introduces our new colleague, Integrated Consultant Narayan Donaldson, to discuss the features that make this stand out.

Watch it here: http://ow.ly/uGNB50NwPSR

A Deep Dive on the Town of Canmore's Award-winning Protected IntersectionThe Town of Canmore, Canada won the 2023 Alberta Minister’s Award for Transportation...

31/03/2023

The introduction of cars led to a massive shift in the way we viewed : what were once public spaces were paved over to maximize vehicle throughput.

"What if we challenge the efficiency narrative and refocus on justice?" asks the Lab of Thought.

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In the not so very distant past, streets were seen differently than nowadays. Motorized transportation changed our streets, our language and created different type of jobs. All for the benefit to move people and goods fast from A to B, while in the meantime forgetting what we used the streets for in...

30/03/2023

🚲 Don't miss Dublin Cycling Campaign's free, hybrid public meeting TODAY at 7:30 pm IST.

Learn and share active transport knowledge and expertise with a panel of experts, including Mobycon's Robin van der Griend. Perfect for professionals in engineering, architecture, and planning, as well as anyone advocating for safer cycling.

Join in-person or online via Zoom:

No one is born knowing how best to plan and design public realm projects focused on improving the experience for people walking and cycling.

30/03/2023

People want to live , but there aren't many opportunities in the US to do so outside the big cities. Increasingly, though, new developments are creating and -oriented neighborhoods to cities badly in need.

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In Houston and Charlotte, developers are leveraging micromobility, transit investments and zoning reforms to create walkable projects that omit the parking lot.

29/03/2023

On Tuesday, March 28, Mobycon's Emily Thomason gave a talk and co-led a cycle tour of Washington DC as part of a ThinkBike workshop hosted by the Dutch Cycling Embassy.

The workshop took place during the 2023 National Bike Summit, which drew over 300 attendees!

29/03/2023

📥 Our March newsletter is out!

We've had a busy month of updates:
🏆 Mobycon won a Design Innovation Award for a protected intersection!
🤝 Welcomed two new colleagues,
🥳 Celebrated International Women's Day,
🟡 And more!

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28/03/2023

Last Month, Mobycon’s international team welcomed Dagmar Köhler to our DACH team! She brings a wealth of experience working on transportation projects across Europe and a passion for cross-border cooperation.

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In February 2023, Mobycon’s international team welcomed Dagmar Köhler, who will strengthen our DACH team. She shares a little more with us about her experience and passion for cross-border cooperation.

28/03/2023

Join Sustainable Mobility Consultant Robin van der Griend and other experts at Campaign's free hybrid public meeting this Thursday at 7:30 pm IST.

The event focuses on learning and sharing knowledge and expertise for planning and designing , , and thriving neighborhoods.

Join in-person or online via Zoom:

No one is born knowing how best to plan and design public realm projects focused on improving the experience for people walking and cycling.

27/03/2023

This week, Integrated Mobility Consultant Emily Thomason is in Washington DC!

She will co-lead a workshop on Dutch-inspired infrastructure at the National Bike Summit, followed by a 3-day ThinkBike workshop with staff members from the DC Department of Transportation.

Stay tuned for updates! 🚲