12 innovations driving ‘sustainable disruption’ in cities

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.

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.

London’s £7bn Brent Cross regeneration is set to include a take-off and landing ‘vertiport’ for air taxis as its development partners beef up their transport infrastructure ambitions.

Battery powered pods glide through tubes at 670mph in a video released by Virgin Hyperloop showcasing the “next generation” of transport innovation.

Location data has “huge potential” to power a greener, faster, better transport sector in the UK – but much of the data we need is still missing. A new Geospatial Commission report has identified six transport opportunity areas and the data that could unlock significant advances.