Bulgaria has awarded its best mayors for 11th year in a row
Almost 140 000 people have cast their vote in the national contest for Mayor of the Year
The lanes are meant to prevent people from bumping into each other while staring at their mobile phones
Sometimes there’s something vitally important you need to look at on your phone. Sometimes there’s an urgent message from a friend or a colleague. And sometimes you’re just bored. We all know what it’s like to keep walking while staring at the screen of your mobile – you’re slower, less focused on the path ahead and you sometimes bump into other pedestrians – some of them also looking at their phones. According to studies conducted in the UK, 75% of respondents state that they too are guilty of walking around with eyes firmly fixed on their phones. The same study also reveals that 38% of Brits have also collided with other people while doing so. Such encounters can at the very least be described as awkward and best to be avoided.
The city of Manchester is already on top of the problem. Along one of its busiest shopping streets, Hardman Boulevard, two adjacent “mobile phone safe lanes” were established. The 75-meter-long stretches are marked with arrows and signs separating them from other parts of the pedestrianized areas, making them available entirely to people who are walking slowly while staring at their phones. This innovative measure will certainly spare you some awkward daily encounters with fellow citizens.
Almost 140 000 people have cast their vote in the national contest for Mayor of the Year
The planned public transit service will be completed somewhere in 2035
Almost 140 000 people have cast their vote in the national contest for Mayor of the Year
The technology differs from maglev in that it allows the usage of already existing infrastructure, with only slight modifications
Floya will be one hell of a helpful tool next time you’re in the Belgian capital
Other big Italian cities will also be affected by the labour dispute so plan your day accordingly
It draws the attention of passersby to reflect on the meaning of separation, isolation and discrimination
A monument to the destructive power of nature and our need to live in harmony with it
Other big Italian cities will also be affected by the labour dispute so plan your day accordingly
The shortage of applicants has made the possible relaxation (and modernization) of rules a necessity
It draws the attention of passersby to reflect on the meaning of separation, isolation and discrimination
This one could be a real game-changer for our built environments and the way they look
The practical art objects are competing for one of the 2023 New European Bauhaus Prizes
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An interview with a member of the No Hate Speech Network team
A talk with the first man to circumnavigate the globe with a solar plane, on whether sustainability can also be profitable
An interview with the president of the European Federation of Journalists