News Links – ICRI Cities http://www.cities.io Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable, Collaborative Cities Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:53:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 Things that Inspire: Walk [Your City] http://www.cities.io/news/things-that-inspire-walk-your-city/ Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:20:10 +0000 http://www.cities.io/?p=556 A designer named Matt Tomasulo has created a website called Walk [Your City] that aims to encourage people to walk by letting anyone erect a street sign.

Tomasulo’s signs are created using an online tool. You select the location of the sign and its destination, and then type in some text for where it’s pointing to. The time necessary to walk (or bike) the route is generated automatically, and a QR code can be scanned to display the directions in Google Maps.

Check out the full article at wired.co.uk

 

 

]]> Visualising Mill Road Project is in the News! http://www.cities.io/news/visualising-mill-road-project-is-in-the-news/ Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:49:40 +0000 http://www.cities.io/?p=511 Visualising Mill Road

Lisa Koeman and Vaiva Kalnikaite’s project of Visualising Mill Road has made both local and national news by featuring in the Cambridge News and on the BBC News website.

Mill Road, Cambridge is divided by a train bridge and the project looks at how each side relates to their community.

The aim of the project is to assess community interaction and satisfaction.  Through the use of electronic key pads, Lisa Koeman and Vaiva Kalnikaite are trying to determine local’s feelings about their community in a North/South divide.  This is then displayed on the pavements outside the shops in graffiti format.  18 shops along the road have taken part in the project and you can read more about it in the news or on the website www.visualisingmillroad.com

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