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"ldo Cancino Estrada, another Design Academy Eindhoven graduate who's work was showcased at this years Dutch Design Week, has made a social scenario in which street vending is turned into a creative platform for designers and street vendors to meet."

"Traffic circles are ubiquitous in France, accepted as safer than traditional intersections. But they have also become an emblem of the country's ailments, from urban sprawl to inequality. France loves its roundabouts. They are ubiquitous throughout the country, including in Abbeville, a city of about 25,000. Credit...Aurelien Breeden/The New York Times By Aurelien Breeden Dec. 25, 2019 ABBEVILLE, France - Every day, about 65,000 vehicles cruise through the center of Abbeville, passing by its Gothic church, City Hall and rows of red brick houses, with many drivers on their way to the English Channel about a dozen miles away. But they never stop for a red light. None exist in this town of about 25,000 people. Instead, drivers bank, swerve and loop their way through traffic circle after traffic circle. Their ubiquity in Abbeville is an extreme example of France's unabashed embrace of the roundabout, found in abundance throughout the country and widely credited for making roads safer and less clogged. Even in Abbeville, on a recent morning, workers in fluorescent orange vests and hard hats were breaking ground on yet another traffic circle, as cars were backed up by the construction. Roundabouts played a central role in the Yellow Vests protests, when demonstrators occupied hundreds of the nation's roundabouts, blocking traffic as a way to demonstrate against a despised fuel tax increase in particular and a growing sense of inequality in general. But France's relationship with them has in some ways soured, their very pervasiveness making them a convenient scapegoat for many of France's ills, real or perceived. Pierre Vermeren, a French historian writing in Le Figaro last year, said roundabouts were a "symbol of ugly France" and the "emblem of French malaise." There are no official statistics, but estimates of the total number of traffic circles in France range from 20,000 to 50,000. In the United States - about 18 times bigger and five

"Takeaway food delivery service Just Eat is going to start using robots to deliver meals to customers through a new trial. The trial, due to commence in the next few months, will see robots built by Starship Technologies cruising along the streets of London with Just Eat deliveries inside them. The self-driving robots - created by Skype cofounders Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis - can only make deliveries to consumers that are relatively close by to the restaurant."

"In fact street-kitchen-bikes are not a one of a kind phenomenon. Japanese architect Hiroyuki Shinohara has conducted a study of bicycles altered to various needs and functions driving around on the streets of China. The list of functions is everything from bookshops and ice cream vendors on wheels, to garbage collectors and more sophisticated alterations with water tanks built on bikes. The full study can be found in the upcoming 2nd issue of the Chilean architecture magazine 'Materia Arquitectura'. In short, Shinohara is describing how these bikes are mainly used by inhabitants from the lower levels of the Chinese society. Many of these bikes are used for retail purposes and usually congregate in busy back alleys and entrances to parks and residential compounds in order to attract customers."

"Au-delà des micromobilités, la bataille du déconfinement aura bien lieu entre la voiture, les vélos et la marche à pied. Qui récupèrera les parts de marché perdues par le transport public ? L'attrait des nouvelles pistes cyclables suffira-t-il à faire oublier le confort douillet - et garanti sans virus - de sa voiture personnelle ?"