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Locomote simplifies the paths of public transport users

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by Julien de Labaca | 11.23.11

After learning of the difficulties encountered by their friends in search of easily accessible housing, two developers took a stab at solving the problem with Isokron. Soon thereafter, the young entrepreneurs began tackling passenger information with their second creation Locomote, a route planner coupled with real-time passenger information.

London’s transport system is transformed into a massive playground

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by Adrien Geneste | 11.18.11

And what happens when a public transport network becomes the scene of gigantic team games? Inspired by the principle of Fun Theory, which suggests that environmentally responsible behavior can be encouraged through attractive infrastructure, Chromaroma invites London Underground users to participate in an eco-citizen turf war.

Accessibility, a new reflection on open data

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by Julien de Labaca | 10.04.11

Accessibility is a major headache for local authorities who must make roads and public transport networks accessible to people with reduced mobility (PRM) before 2015 in France. Accessibility is a serious issue for most elderly, visually and physically impaired people. Unfortunately, their mobility has rarely been made a top priority and thus has factored very little in the latest string of innovative projects.

Open data, data sharing and public service renewal

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by Bruno Caillet | 08.24.11

The public data release movement should help us transform our territories into more democratic spaces and create a more open, transverse and efficient public service…However this prospect too often becomes an objective in itself, giving way to technical issues concerning the provision of released data while economic issues and underlying political stakes are being neglected in a way that seems completely unjustified.

Launching of an open data call for European proposals

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by Elsa Sidawy | 07.15.11

Eric Besson, the Ministry of Digital Economy, launched yesterday an “Open Data call for European proposals”, aimed at encouraging the creation of applications and free mobile services based on European public data.

Harmonav is sailing in public transport’s troubled waters

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by Elsa Sidawy | 07.11.11

“Traffic disrupted because of material damage.” Tired of hearing these messages in the metro? On June 17th, during the Futur en Seine festival, the start-up Senda launched an application enabling users to prepare journeys while anticipating transport network incidents.

Paris is about to launch ParisApps, a platform listing the applications available throughout the whole city

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by Elsa Sidawy | 05.06.11

Mobile Monday Paris has just announced the launching of the web platform “Paris Apps”, which will eventually list all the applications available to Smartphone owners over the whole Paris area. Prior to this launching, a Mobile Monday will take place on June 6th at the Paris City Hall, in partnership with Nokia and the [...]

New York unveils the winners of its application contest

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by Elsa Sidawy | 05.04.11

The city of New York has announced the winners of its application contest NYC BigApps 2.0. In its second consecutive year, the competition is giving out a total of 40,000 dollars.

Rennes announces civic open source contest winners

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by Elsa Sidawy | 04.04.11

Launched last October, the “Rennes Métropole en accès libre” closed March 30 at Rennes’ digital La Cantine, with the donning out of six 50,000 euro prizes.

Open data encourages local authorities to collaborate with citizens

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by Elsa Sidawy | 03.22.11

On Thursday 17th March, the World e.gov Forum, RSLN (Regards Sur le Numérique: visions of digital technology) and Microsoft France organised a debate-conference on open data: “Open data, what about us?”. Experts, elected representatives and various thought agitators took the floor one after the other to try and answer the questions legitimately raised by this phenomenon, which affects small local authorities as much as States throughout the world.

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Paris City Council Innovation Grand Prizes: French innovators awarded for their creativity

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Greater Geneva: an economic and social project at the heart of innovation

Urbanism | 12.16.11

The Greater Geneva project represents an economic and social challenge for that area spanning France and Switzerland. The aim is to set in motion again a process that will stimulate job creation in the French part and strengthen residential services in the Swiss part. Innovative activities should find their place in that territory.

Jean Haëntjens | Urbatopie

Innovation lies also in the strategy

Social | 09.08.11

Is the proliferation of urban innovations counter-productive? While some cities are experimenting with abandon and with no real apparent logic, others have adopted a long-term strategy to combine innovations to serve a smarter, more sustainable city. Jean Haëntjens returns to this forum to talk about how important it is for cities to approach innovation with consistency and control.

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London’s transport system is transformed into a massive playground

And what happens when a public transport network becomes the scene of gigantic team games? Inspired by the principle of Fun Theory, which suggests that environmentally responsible behavior can be encouraged through attractive infrastructure, Chromaroma invites London Underground users to participate in an eco-citizen turf war.

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Pop-Up City , the blog of Jeroen Beekmans

Rotterdam’s Crowd-Funded Pedestrian Bridge

Urbanism | 01.05.12

The International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) and Rotterdam-based architecture firm ZUS have launched the project I Make Rotterdam, a spectacular temporary pedestrian bridge between the city’s Central and the North districts that will be financed through crowd-funding.

Quinte & Sens , the blog of Olivier Genevois

In Caracas, mimes ease traffic tension

Education | 11.07.11

Venezuela’s capital Caracas plans to manage its traffic flow in an unusual fashion. In addition to traffic police, 120 mimes dressed up as clowns were sent into the city’s streets. Their role? Curb the risky behavior of pedestrians and drivers, not by force or repression, but through silence.

Agenda Innov'in The City

May 9 to 11
Energy Cities annual meeting, Guimarães, Portugal.

May 12
International Workshop on Open Data, Nantes, France.

May 12
Stockholm Summit on Service Innovation in Cities, Stockholm, Suède.

Innovative city zoom

Toulouse has tackled issues ranging from urban lighting to public cleanliness with experimental innovation often on a shoestring budget, but the results continue to inspire many other cities in France and worldwide. A portrait of a city embracing urban innovation, helped along by the enthusiastic investigator Alexander Marciel, follows.