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How will the Covid-19 Pandemic impact urban mobility? | With Sam Morgan
Find our free various Urban Mobility online courses here: https://urbanmobilitycourses.eu/<br /> -----<br /> <br /> The coronavirus pandemic has had an immense impact on societies across the world, and transport has most certainly not been spared its effects. Nevertheless, in our cities, changes are coming thick and fast, and could reshape our urban spaces permanently. In this video, the environment and transport journalist, Sam Morgan, presents a few inspiring initiatives across Europe.<br /> <br /> #WebTV #CreatingthePublicRealm #Covid-19<br /> -----<br /> <br /> If you want to know more about how to transform urban mobility, register now to our asynchronous online course "Transforming Urban Mobility: Governing the Transformation to Sustainable Systems": https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/governance-of-transformation<br /> -----<br /> <br /> What is EIT Urban Mobility?<br /> A European initiative to create liveable urban spaces! <br /> EIT Urban Mobility, supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), acts to accelerate positive change on mobility to make urban spaces more liveable.<br /> https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/ -
How can Superblocks turn urban neighborhoods into villages? | With Salvador Rueda
Register now to our free online course on Superblocks here: https://urbanmobilitycourses.eu/courses/superblocks/<br /> -----<br /> <br /> Designed by the Barcelona City Council in collaboration with the Urban Ecology Agency, the Superilles (Superblocks in English) of the Spanish city of Barcelona have proven to be an effective plan to free up the urban space for other uses than automobile traffic and offer a more sustainable living to the inhabitants. This video is the second of a series of five on the Superblocks, in which the urban planner – also one of the drivers of the Superblocks concept - Salvador Rueda describes all the key aspects and benefits of those traffic-free neighborhoods. In this video, he explains how human interactions are at the heart of the Superblocks. <br /> <br /> #WebTV #Superblocks #SustainableLiving<br /> ----- <br /> <br /> What is EIT Urban Mobility? A European initiative to create liveable urban spaces! EIT Urban Mobility, supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), acts to accelerate positive change on mobility to make urban spaces more liveable. Learn more about EIT Urban Mobility: https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/ -
How can cities shift people to more sustainable transport? | With Sam Morgan
Find our free various Urban Mobility online courses here: https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/competence-hub/e-learning-courses-competence-hub/<br /> <br /> If you want to know more about alternative mobility narratives, click here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/alternative-mobility-narratives<br /> -----<br /> <br /> One of the most challenging questions facing city administrators, not just in Europe but across the world, is how to manage the number of vehicles coming into urban spaces. There are numerous factors at play, ranging from human health and pedestrian safety to economic factors and simple traffic jams. So, how do you approach it? How do you get people out of their vehicles and convince them to take a more sustainable transport? How to multiply the eco-friendly travels? Those are the questions the environment and transport journalist Sam Morgan is trying to answer to in this video.<br /> <br /> ERRATUM : at 00:36, air pollution causes an estimated 400,000 deaths every year in Europe, according to the European Environment Agency's (EEA) latest official data. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_2168<br /> <br /> #WebTV #SustainableTransport #EcofriendlyTravel<br /> ----- <br /> <br /> What is EIT Urban Mobility? A European initiative to create liveable urban spaces! EIT Urban Mobility, supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), acts to accelerate positive change on mobility to make urban spaces more liveable. Learn more about EIT Urban Mobility: https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/
A European initiative for the future of urban mobility
