Twingo instead of waiting hall: A creative solution

Because her home municipality had no money for a new bus stop shelter, a citizen from Saxony came up with a sensational idea: she used a disused Renault Twingo as a replacement and placed the vehicle with the reflective sticker “waiting zone” at the bus stop of a busy country road between Perba and Praterschütz…

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How our cities can green up again

Jörg Dettmar has headed the Department of Design and Open Space Planning at the Faculty of Architecture at Darmstadt Technical University (TU) since 2001, conducting research and training architects in the Urban Design and Urban Planning Group.

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AGFS Congress 2020: The main thing is parking

Once again, the AGFS (Working Group of Pedestrian- and Bicycle-Friendly Cities, Municipalities and Districts in North Rhine-Westphalia) was pleased with a participation record: More than 700 participants accepted its invitation to the congress in Essen on February 27.

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Stops for people and nature

When it comes to environmental protection and quality of life, Utrecht thinks big: the fourth-largest city in the Netherlands and capital of the province of the same name has set out to become the healthiest region in Europe.

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AGFS Congress 2019 with new record attendance

The Working Group of Pedestrian- and Bicycle-Friendly Cities, Municipalities and Districts in North Rhine-Westphalia (AGFS) addressed the topic of road safety at this year’s congress, which took place on February 21 at the Essen Exhibition Center, parallel to the public bicycle exhibition.

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Focus on safety

How can the safety of pedestrians and cyclists be improved, especially in everyday situations? The Arbeitsgemeinschaft fußgänger- und fahrradfreundlicher Städte, Gemeinden und Kreise in Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V.(AGFS) (Working Group of Pedestrian- and Bicycle-Friendly Cities, Communities and Districts in North Rhine-Westphalia) will place the topic of road safety at the center of its congress this year,…

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