Transit Challenges Imagine yourself spending a day in a wheelchair. You would be obliged to take a detour because o a 10 centimeters-high curb. Damaged pavements, pedestrian bridges without elevators and speeding vehicles would make crossing the streets a challenge. You would be forced to ask for help in a station buildings where elevators are packed with commuters, or … [Read more...] about Application of Accessibility Maps. Cities from a different perspective
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Getting Home Safely: A Toolkit to Design Safer Cities
English | Español | Português By the time you finish reading this sentence, a person will have been killed or injured in a road accident. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 1.24 million people die in traffic crashes globally, mostly pedestrians, and that number increases on an annual basis. Between 20 to 50 million more people suffer non-fatal injuries, … [Read more...] about Getting Home Safely: A Toolkit to Design Safer Cities
A Sustainable Mobility Plan for Northern Haiti
Follow Patricio Zambrano-Barragán on twitter Español | English This entry is part of an ongoing series about ESCI’s work in Northern Haiti. New development projects, such as the Caracol Industrial Park (PIC), have sprung up throughout the region, promising opportunities for economic growth and rapid urban development. In this context, the challenge for Haitian planners … [Read more...] about A Sustainable Mobility Plan for Northern Haiti
Participatory Design for Port of Spain by ETH Zurich
Since August 2012, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) have joined forces to help emerging mid-size cities within Latin America and the Caribbean to face their urban challenges. Within the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative (ESCI) the ETH Chair of Architecture and Urban Design of Prof. Alfredo Brilembourg … [Read more...] about Participatory Design for Port of Spain by ETH Zurich