Exeter City Futures has launched a crowdfunding movement called #EveryonesExeter. The crowdfunding movement can be used by anyone with project ideas that address city challenges around congestion and energy. #EveryonesExeter enables individuals and communities to share their ideas, build support and pledge and pitch for funding. Exeter City Futures is are looking for projects that help make Exeter a more sustainable city, and a better place to live for future generations. The #EveryonesExeter crowdfunding movement is available on Spacehive, a funding platform that enables individuals and...
A project to update the transport strategy for Exeter has been examining the main findings from its initial work over the last six months.
The Exeter Mobility Plan recently held its second stakeholder event to explore its data which has highlighted that the majority of Exeter residents do not drive to work and, encouragingly, 55% of trips of less than 5km in Exeter are made either by walking, cycling or by bus. However, this is behind some other UK cities, such as Oxford and Cambridge, where the figure is 75%. Travel to Sowton is particularly dominated by car use, with city...
Lightfoot, the world’s first connected car technology and platform for rewarding better drivers, is adding a further 100 drivers to the next phase of their Exeter pilot.
The chosen individuals were selected to be given Lightfoot devices worth £100 each as part of a local beta recruitment programme that ran earlier this year.
The recipients of the devices will also be helping the region by enabling City Science to analyse congestion and traffic data generated (with names and vehicle details removed) with the aim of improving Exeter’s transport networks for everyone.
New data made available to businesses and citizens in Exeter could help provide the answers to tackle a number of key challenges facing the city in years to come.
Exeter City Council today (Friday 17 November) launched the Exeter Data Mill, a new open data platform developed in collaboration with Exeter City Futures. The Exeter Data Mill supports the sharing of the city’s data with the aim of building an analytical city in which the city's data is more open and available to deliver valuable insights into improving the quality of life in Exeter. The Data Mill brings together data...
As part of its goal to increase the well-being of Exeter’s citizens through energy independence and zero congestion, Exeter City Futures is launching a summer Tranquil City campaign in Exeter.
Citizens who live in or know the area, are encouraged to come and be part of the movement to celebrate urban calm by posting a photo or short video to Instagram and tag with #TranquilCityExeter.
With these tagged pictures, Exeter City Futures will create a ‘Tranquil Pavement’: a map of urban tranquility in and around Exeter, encouraging journeys via sustainable and active...
Following the success of last year’s event, Princesshay is hosting its second Sustainable Travel Day on Wednesday 14th June to raise awareness of its continued commitment to sustainable travel and other environmental initiatives.
The event is timed to take place during National Bike Week and Love to Ride.
The day will bring together partners from across the city to encourage and inspire people working in and visiting Princesshay to think about how they travel and try to use more sustainable transport more often. The event will take place on Bedford Street from 10am – 4pm...
Exeter City Futures is facilitating a collaboration between City Science and Lightfoot to offer free Lightfoot devices to drivers in Exeter. One of the biggest problems with modern day motoring is that good drivers are paying for all the bad drivers out there on the road. Not to mention the air quality issues that bad drivers create.
Well, thanks to a new technology called Lightfoot, good drivers are now rewarded.
Although the technology is not being released to consumers until later this year, if you drive in or around Exeter for two or more days a week you could be...
Jenny Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb visited Exeter City Futures offices to meet with their CEO & Founder Glenn Woodcock.
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb was in the area visiting the Exeter Green Party and was very keen to find out more about Exeter City Futures and the exciting projects that they are working on.
Baroness Jones has written a letter of support for Exeter City Futures to Karime Hassan Chief Executive and Growth Director at Exeter City Council and has also raised the merits of the bold goals and aspirations of Exeter City Futures to the Green Party...
The Greater Exeter area could be generating most of its own energy within 10 years, according to a new report.
Energy Independence 2025 sets out 10 key recommendations to help reduce energy consumption and boost clean energy generation across Exeter and its travel-to-work area.
It indicates that Devon’s capital is well placed to unlock a thriving energy sector and become a demonstrator for other cities around the world seeking to overcome their own energy supply challenges.
The report, authored by City Science, has been commissioned by Exeter City Futures to...
Laurence Oakes-Ash, business analyst and Director of City Science, gave a very engaging talk to an audience of 50 at the Southernhay Breakfast Club on Friday 2nd December. He described how the Exeter City Futures programme, of which his company is a part, is working towards a Zero Congestion area in Exeter.
They have found that a lot of people arriving at key destinations in the city are coming from a set number of starting points and are investigating the possibility of an low cost, on-demand minibus service to reduce the number of private cars being driven each day. They believe...
