Hegyvidék card is issued by the municipality of Budapest's 12th district, offering discounts and extra services. The card is accepted at more than 250 spots in the district, and at all Multipont card partner venues across the whole country (for shopping, cultural programs, sports etc.). Besides permanent or temporary residents of the 12th district, anyone working or studying in the district can become a card holder. The card is valid continuously, no extension is necessary.
The Amsterdam district of Zuidoost (Southeast) is 22 km2 and is home to approximately 80,000 residents. Zuidoost is a remarkably green neighbourhood with the massive lake Gaasperplas and its surrounding forest as its centrepiece. There are also many other parks, sport parks, private garden allotments and a golf course. The urban core is centred on the Ajax ArenA football stadium, Amsterdam Poort and the newly-built Bijlmer train station which together has developed into a major shopping and entertainment zone complete with cinemas and concert halls.
Between 2014 and 2017 district of Croydon examines and evaluates the effectiveness and ROI of the state and municipal services.
The Soofa bench charges people's phones. Space for 3 people to sit. Inviting and welcoming in bold colors. Blend of modern and traditional appearance to fit in anywhere. The Soofa Bench is a platform for sensors to monitor its environment, etc. Finally understand what is going on outside your office. It brings benches into the internet era. The Soofa Bench is made of sustainably harvested materials and built in the United States. And best of all its solar powered. No wiring or infrastructure required to get going.
The project, a $20 billion, 28-acre commercial and residential area on Manhattan’s west side, is touted as being the largest development in the city since the Rockefeller center. Hudson Yards will digitally track environmental and lifestyle factors—like traffic, energy consumption, and air quality—and will include a trash-disposal system to remove waste via underground pneumatic tubes. It is being designed specifically to bring in millennials, and to provide the highest quality of life for those living, working, and visiting the area.
Zipvan is the easy way to get things done in the city, with hundreds of vans around the corner. Hourly and daily rates include fuel, insurance and the Congestion Charge.
Car sharing seems like a simple enough idea, but there's a reason that Zipcar has become the leader for cars on demand—we took a simple concept to new heights. It's not just about fewer cars, less congestion and less pollution (though we're not complaining), it's about understanding why those things are a problem, and finding sustainable solutions. We're idea people acknowledging that this is something bigger than all of us, something that can take over the world (literally) if we're smart about it. And it's not just a theory.
The combined power of Car2go and DriveNow has created SHARE NOW, Europe's leading social car-sharing platform. It is currently present in 16 European cities with nearly 14,000 cars, 3,550 of which are fully electric. With around three million customers, SHARE NOW offers a sustainable urban mobility solution while making a significant contribution to reducing congestion as part of the mobility ecosystem, with one community car replacing at least four to six privately owned cars in traffic.
The "Heti Betevő" (Weekly Food) is a grassroot initiative. It formed in Budapest 7. district in 2013 to help people who are in need in the neighborhood. Its main purpose is to involve the local community and to sensitize society toward poverty and homelessness. On the lunch homelesses, poors, large families, low-income pensioners are participating from the neighborhood. It is a great help for them giving lunch every week at the same time and place. The ingredients which needed to prepare for Sunday lunch are predominantly sourced via cash donations.
The HospiEdu initiative helps children to effectively study when in hospital by transforming learning materials into a game. Children receiving long term hospital care face many challenges, such as how they can keep up with their classmates. HospiEdu supports the education of children receiving long term hospital care: we connect them with our student volunteers (under adult supervision) who provide them with tailor-made and gamified e-learning materials via www.e-studygroup.com.