Overview of the seminar Looking for Legacy: for a sustainable impact of major sports infrastructure

By The City Factory

Major sports infrastructures are a great asset when it comes to the remodelling of a city. They are a unique opportunity to launch large urban renewal projects, and they also answer the need for social cohesion. To achieve legacy, these facilities have to be designed anticipating the decades to come. This means conceiving facilities which... en savoir plus

What is it that drives public action on urban mobility issues?

26th-27th March 2012 - Paris

The City Factory and the City on the Move Institute are organizing, in partnership, a colloquium about public action issues regarding mobility. The event will take place on March 26th and 27th at La Bellevilloise in Paris. This two-day conference will bring together all the teams from around the world... en savoir plus

Co-creating the digital city

Some 75 percent of French people consider that digital sciences have made useful contributions to the transportation sector; however, one in three do not consider that digital technology is useful for the environment, agriculture or art. Those are the findings of a barometric survey presented by the Institut National de Recherche en... en savoir plus

The reversible city ? (only available in french)

Study on “The reversible city?” by students in the regional and urban planning graduate program at ENPC (École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées) (national school for bridge and road construction) in partnership with The City Factory. en savoir plus

Toward strategies designed to enhance the drawing power of intermediate metropolises

How can quality of life be enhanced in “intermediate metropolises,” which may be defined as medium-sized cities whose scope is primarily regional? This was one of the key questions raised by the International Urban Development Association (INTA) at its annual congress, which was held in Lyon and Grenoble from November 6 to 10. en savoir plus

Development of cities and transport policies

Seminar in Lyon (France)

Transport infrastructure is a key consideration in discussions on the conditions of virtuous urban planning (i.e. planning that contributes to the development of residents as well as the economy). en savoir plus

Let's try to explain the congestion charging

By Vincent PIRON

We should look beyond appearances: congestion charging is not intended to be a new "tax". Its legitimacy rests on the socio-economic benefits, environmental particularly, that it brings the community. The economic benefits can be easily measured by the trade-off between "public utility" and operating costs. The social aspect is more complex: it... en savoir plus

All ou need to know about Pirandello

By Vincent PIRON

Pirandello is an urban model that can predict the impact of a given decision (establishment of a shopping centre, construction of a new road artery, closing a city centre to traffic, etc.) on the shape of a city. Based on the principle that our choices of location are rational (a series of individual decisions contributing to a collective... en savoir plus

Proceedings of the "Mobility in the city: let's change!" seminar

By The City Factory

From 2 to 4 April 2008, a seminar in London, the "capital" of the urban congestion charge, on the theme of urban mobility. New forms of mobility, the economic stakes, financing instrastructure: all these themes were tackled in the think-tank's first seminar. en savoir plus

Synthesis of the seminar "Urban mobility : the new deal"

By The City Factory

The overview of the City Factory seminar presents the participants’ various concerns and presents the principal challenges point by point. en savoir plus