Innovations
From Camlink
The links below are to examples of innovation being used in the service of communities. Please see also our page on the Ultra Rapid Transit System, which has potential application for Cambridge.
Buildings
Design for Crime Prevention. Reducing crime through thoughtful design.
Housing Design. Methods of auditing the quality of new housing design from CABE.
Lifetime Homes. Design guidance for adaptable homes.
Quality Charter. Design guide for new settlements in the Cambridge sub-region.
School Design. Design guidance for new schools from Partnerhsip for Schools.
Communications
Blanket WiFi Coverage. City of London gets blanket WiFi coverage.
Electronic Emergency Alarms. Emergency alarms for older people in Cambridgeshire.
Home Based Call Centre. Virtual teleworking call centre at Co-op Travel.
Milton Keynes Municipal Broadband. Low cost city-wide wi fi provided by Council.
Transport
Blanket 20mph speed limit. Portsmouth introduces 20mph speed limit throughout the city.
Bus tunnel. Seattle tunnel accommodates buses and light rail.
Cambridge Guided Busway. Cambridge to St.Ives guided busway.
Car Share Schemes. A directory of car share schemes in the UK.
Cyclocity. Computer controlled cycle rental in French cities.
Ecological Driving Courses. Courses on fuel-efficient driving organised by local authority, Spain.
Electric Buses. Stagecoach operating hybrid electric buses in Newcastle.
Daventry Personal Rapid Transit. Daventry pilot Personal Rapid Transit system using driverless pods.
Dublin Tram. Luas, the new Dublin light rail tram system.
Electric Car Re-charging Points. Westminster City Council provision for electric car re-charging.
Heathrow Personal Rapid Transit. World's first Personal Rapid Transit system at Heathrow.
Smart Cards. Lancashire using smart cards for libraries and buses.
Quiet Road Surfaces. Highways agency leaflet about quiet motorway road surfaces.
Road Pricing. Worldwide review of congestion charging schemes at Wikipedia.
Solar Cycle Studs. Solar powered flush-mounted road studs for cycle ways.
Toulouse Metro. Modern metro system in Toulouse, France.
Ultra Personal Rapid Transit Video. You Tube video about Ultra personal rapid transit.
Urban Design
Design of Parks, Streets & Squares. Design guidance from CABE Space.
Removing Street Clutter. Kensington & Chelsea clears streets of barriers and clutter.
Removing Traffic Lights. Dutch town Drachten removes traffic lights and road markings.
Urban Systems
Dongtan Zero Carbon City. Zero carbon city in Dongtan, China.
Freiburg Solar Housing. Green housing development in Freiburg, Germany.
Intelligent Street Lighting. Oslo cuts carbon with centrally controlled intelligent street lighting.
LED Street Lights. Low energy LED street lights in Ede, Netherlands.
Malmo Green Waterfront Development. Green waterfront housing development in Malmo, Sweden.
Pneumatic Waste Removal. Pneumatic system for household waste removal, Tromso, Norway.
Switching off street lights. Buckinhamshire switching off street lights to save carbon and cost.
Waste Reduction
Modbury Plastic Bag Free Town. Elimination of plastic shopping bags in Modbury, Devon.
Waste Watch. Guidance on waste reduction.
