A week on from the latest UN climate report, PlaceTech looks back on a report identifying impactful, scalable and investable tech that can power urban decarbonisation.

While hyperloop projects around the world stall or get scrapped entirely, a Toronto startup has secured funding to develop a high-speed tube transportation line between Edmonton and Calgary.

Urban-Air Port’s first site opens this month and will serve as the blueprint for more than 200 similar drone stations across the world in the next five years as air taxis and autonomous delivery become a reality.

Skyports, the company behind air taxi infrastructure in cities like London and Paris, has completed a Series B funding round with backing from investors around the world.

PlaceTech sat down with Chris Jones of 10 Design before he heads to MIPIM to explore the megatrends in urban design touching on mobility, sustainability, collaboration and more.

As long as cars exist, cities will need tools to manage parking infrastructure efficiently to ensure the best possible use of urban space. Here are five apps that bring parking into the 21st century.

The French capital is developing Europe’s first ‘vertiport’ for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVOTL) aircraft, such as air taxis.

A Dutch company working on the development of hyperloop has received €15m from the European Commission – the first time the bloc has funded a company developing the technology.

“How do we negotiate a data rich environment?” That question, posed by Theo Blackwell, London’s first chief digital officer, set the scene at the opening keynote at CREtech London 2021.