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Democratic Public Ownership combines solidarity economy principles around democratic governance, equity, subsidiarity, and sustainability with the benefits of collective ownership in its widest, most holistic sense.

It will remove bicycle lanes from the sidewalks of 150 streets
On 21 October, the Finnish City of Helsinki reported that it will remove bicycle lanes from the sidewalks of several streets in the suburbs. In other words, it will give pedestrians more space to walk safely and freely, without fearing that they may end up colliding with a cyclist.

Cork City Hall has revealed plans for weatherproofing a number of city streets to "bolster the city's outdoor dining and hospitality" sector.
Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Colm Kelleher has welcomed the €1.3m funding from Fáilte Ireland's Weatherproofing and Dining Enhancement Scheme, which he says will "improve the vibrancy of the city centre experience for residents and tourists".
Mr Kelleher says the investment will "transform how people enjoy the public realm and builds on the momentum generated by the ‘Reimagining Cork City’ programme namely the pedestrianisation of city centre streets, the installation of eight parklets across the wider city, the greening of the city centre, accelerated cycle lane delivery and parking promotions”.

Last year’s project provided a boost to the local economy and new kind of entertainment to residents and guests
This summer, a section of Vabaduse Puiestee in Tartu, Estonia’s second largest city, will once again become a street free of cars. Following the resounding success of last year’s adventure, the city government has announced a second edition, to be held from 9 July through 8 August.

El Ayuntamiento de Pamplona pone en marcha un plan para convertir, a lo largo de 2021, los entornos de los sesenta centros escolares de la capital en espacios seguros a través de acciones como el aumento del tamaño de las aceras, la reducción de la anchura de las calzadas o la señalización y colocación de elementos para que los vehículos reduzcan su velocidad.

In order to nudge the residents of its new apartment building towards a more sustainable lifestyle, Swedish housing company Riksbyggen made the bold choice to not offer them any private parking spaces. Instead, they were offered a comfortable alternative through a new mobility concept, developed within the Horizon 2020 project IRIS Smart Cities. Located in …

It was a couple of parking spaces a few days ago. But now the area outside Malin Henriksson Talcoth’s gourmet sausage shop in Gothenburg has a bench, a picnic table and racks for cycles and e-scooters. It also has people talking, eating and enjoying themselves, despite subzero temperatures.

16 November, 2020 − Planting trees and creating urban parks brings more green spaces and cleaner air, cutting heart deaths and saving lives.

This open-source toolbox allows placemakers to work on projects and achieve their goals to make better places regardless of their background or previous experience. This is a “one stop page” to find the right resource to apply to your project or context. Additionally, as these manuals are invented and developed by those intimately attached to the projects that the tool has been applied to, we can gain deep insights into the contextual application, applaud these placemakers’ tool contributions to the network, and even have the ability to reach out and ask advice for how to apply the tool in different contexts. From this collection of resources, placemaking work is able to be locally relevant, while globally competitive with international and multidisciplinary inputs to support a robust process and strategy, and therefore, a successful and enduring place users want to keep coming back to.

Paris is the latest global city to roll out emergency bike lanes for the use of key workers and others during the lockdown. 650 kilometers of cycleways—including a number of pop-up “corona cycleways”—will be readied for May 11 when lockdown is eased in France.
Before the Coronavirus crisis, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo had promised that every street in the city would become cycle-friendly by 2024, but fears of gridlock caused by increased car traffic once the lockdown is eased are allowing officials to accelerate Hidalgo’s existing “Plan Vélo” transport changes.

La présence d’enfants non accompagnés dans nos rues est devenue suffisamment rare pour susciter la curiosité, l’interrogation, voire la réprobation. En effet, dans les sociétés occidentales contemporaines, l’enfant a progressivement désinvesti l’espace urbain extérieur pour devenir un « enfant d’intérieur ». Si de nombreux facteurs interviennent dans ce processus, le rôle des parents est primordial : les ressources culturelles et matérielles dont ils disposent, ou encore les normes de présentation de soi qu’ils transmettent, par exemple, concourent à façonner la perception d’un espace extérieur plus ou moins sûr chez leurs enfants.

Dans « Leurs enfants dans la ville. Enquête auprès de parents à Paris et à Milan », récemment paru aux Presses universitaires de Lyon, Clément Rivière présente les résultats d’une enquête par entretiens auprès de parents dans les deux villes en vue de comprendre la façon dont ils régulent la présence de leurs enfants dans les espaces publics urbains. Le second chapitre, dont ce passage est extrait, s’intéresse aux souvenirs d’enfance des parents rencontrés.

When we talk about adaptive reuse, however, it's important to stretch its definition not to only include building structures, but also the regeneration and reuse of urban spaces.

Art and culture are the most promising avenues to revitalize cities and neighborhoods. But to succeed as a driving force for lasting and meaningful area development, what do incubators, cultural houses and creative hubs need? In a virtual meet-up with twenty fellow city makers, Rinske identifies tools that city makers, governments and developers can use to help their cities thrive .
The need for ‘money to play with’, the importance of new business models and the need to ‘cast’ the ultimate mix of functions and users. Invite twenty city makers to share their thoughts in a virtual conference, and they’ll give you an abundance of tips on nurturing successful cultural and creative hubs. Because what makes one space a success from day one, while another fails to get off the ground? What are the do’s and don’ts of success?

Une mesure qui va au-delà de celles actuellement discutées à l'Assemblée dans le cadre du projet de loi "Climat et Résilience".

Urban green space improves people’s mental health and well-being: by now, this is a well-accepted proposition, with plenty of research to back it up. Based on this connection, cities are sprinkling pocket parks and green roofs throughout the urban mosaic. But is this enough? A new study suggests that city dwellers also need access to […]

After years of construction works on the Metro C project, the city of Rome has reopened the gardens on Via Sannio, in the city’s San Giovanni district. The large public gardens, completely renovated, were opened by the mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi. “Today we have opened to the public the new Gardens in via Sannio, …

The city has published its 10-year plan for the greening of the city, prioritising pedestrians, residents and other street users over cars. At the heart of its radical public space policy are so-called “superblocks”.
The superblock scheme groups together nine city blocks and closes them to through traffic with plant pots and benches, introduces cycle lanes, play areas and green spaces, and eliminates most parking spaces. While cars aren’t banned, the superblocks are car-unfriendly.

Vivre mieux dans un espace public à l'esthétique soignée, mettant en valeur le travail artistique. C'est l'objectif d'un collectif né à Toulouse. Les villes peuvent candidater pour obtenir le label.

An environmental neuroscientist explores the disparities that exist in public space in order to create more equitable urban environments.

After several years of consultations with locals, Vienna’s Praterstraße will begin its transformation into the city’s climate boulevard. The shopping street located Leopoldstadt will soon boast a third row of trees in the middle, wide footpaths and bike paths with improved crossings and shady areas.

Business models reliant on maximum footfall are at odds with social distancing, says author and academic Anna Minton