The demands on Europe’s transport systems continue to both increase and change as a result of a number of factors – economic growth, social change, demographics and the need to become less unsustainable. Such change demands innovative, robust and affordable responses. Transport practitioners and researchers throughout Europe are responding to these challenges and the European [...]

The EuroIndia Summit will be a one-day meeting on Monday 5th October on the theme: “Leveraging urban legacy for sustainable City development”, with particular emphasis on heritage tourism promotion, as a key enabler. Plenary sessions will take stock of legacy-related issues Indian cities are confronted with and of European experiences in tackling these. Four workshops [...]

The 33rd INTA Congress will share insights and knowledge on how to make innovation a successful development policy for cities and territories. Innovative features offers opportunities for participants to share knowledge and experiences, to discover cutting edge solutions and to be introduced to new partners through carefully planned matchmaking and showcasing sessions with a customized [...]

“Challenges to open cities in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East: shared spaces within and beyond”. Is it correct to regard open cities from a divided social, spatial or political point of view? We are proud to announce the 10th N-AERUS conference titled: “Challenges to open cities in Africa, Asia, Latin America and [...]

ENTP invites you to the ENTP General Assembly 2009 in Figueres (Alt Emporda) on the 30th of September-2nd of October.

Despite our romantic ideas about nature, it will be well-run, energy-efficient cities that ultimately save us from ourselves — By David Lepeska for the Guardian.

The Turkish metropolis is one of the world’s safest big cities—but burglaries are booming. Why? — By Clair Berlinski.

High-speed German trains will soon be traveling between Moscow and St. Petersburg. But they won’t be able to go as fast as they do elsewhere because money hasn’t been put into improving the rails they run on. In that sense, it reflects the situation in Germany, where the high-speed rail network is woefully underdeveloped.