What if road planning had a positive impact on the environment? Vision Zero does exactly that. Launched in Sweden in 1997, the road safety program is based on the premise that zero is the only acceptable number for road fatalities.
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Featured articles
March 2018 | 4 minutes
Vision Zero: A Road Safety Program that Improves the Environment
| Theme | Resilience , Mobility , Places |
| Type | Feature |
March 2018 | 4 minutes
Open Standards Will Deliver Seamless Travel
When passengers fly today, many experience a trip fraught with anxiety from wasted time and unforeseen complications. A new travel experience—from home, to airport, to final destination—is within reach.
| Theme | Technology |
| Type | Feature |
March 2018 | 8 minutes
The Ceiling on Economies of Scale in Container Vessels
Shipping lines are continuing to order larger vessels in order to take advantage of the economies of scale. With no end in sight to this growth in the size of ships, the question must be asked: is there a limit on how big future container vessels can grow?
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Theme | Mobility , Resilience |
| Type | Feature |
April 2018 | 4 minutes
Early-Stage Advisory Drives Airport Advancement
In just over a century, airports have evolved from simple airfield sites, with only one dirt runway, to vibrant transportation and business centres. The connectivity airports provide fuels the expansion and economic sustainability of the local and global communities they serve. For airports to thrive in this vital role, they must embrace an early-informed holistic approach to planning in all its dimensions—business, operational, surface access, spatial and environmental.
| Theme | Technology , Places |
| Type | Feature |
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How Skylines Reflect and Develop a City's Personality
| Country | Canada |
| Type | Feature |
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High Society: What Tall Buildings Mean for Cities
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Type | Feature |
March 2018 | 4 minutes
Vision Zero: A Road Safety Program that Improves the Environment
| Type | Feature |
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