Shimano re-imagines London and Berlin in ‘Long term Towns’

Shimano, introduced its release of a brand new visible venture at Eurobike, known as Long term Towns. In search of to turn what the towns may just appear to be, Shimano have labored with cutting edge visible clothier, Jan Kamensky to re-imagine Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin and Marble Arch in London.

‘City and recreational biking has been a part of trendy city-life internationally for many years, but simplest just lately has well-liked reputation of its skill to impact alternate been spotted. Through enabling other folks to transport about extra successfully, biking’s contribution to our surroundings and other folks’s well being and total wellbeing is clear.’

‘It is going to take a transparent imaginative and prescient for other folks to recognise the affect that well-liked uptake of city biking may have, like the ones first of all captured in Long term Towns. Shimano have begun re-imagining what our towns may just appear to be thru cutting edge computer-generated animations. Towns that have cleaner air, much less site visitors and not more noise air pollution in the end glance nicer – and are extra welcoming and have compatibility for the long run.’

‘Contemporary analysis undertaken by way of the Boston Consulting Staff confirmed that 13{614fc3c32b079590f5b6a33afe99f1781dd92265c15f5c1e8aa861cac1d0c269} of Europeans are prepared to surrender vehicles solely, with sustainable residing one of the vital key motivators for that call. Analysis from the Ecu Biking Federation additionally discovered that Berlin noticed an building up in biking ranges of 59{614fc3c32b079590f5b6a33afe99f1781dd92265c15f5c1e8aa861cac1d0c269} and London an building up of 119{614fc3c32b079590f5b6a33afe99f1781dd92265c15f5c1e8aa861cac1d0c269} because of the Covid-19 pandemic. With a purpose to construct on the ones will increase and allow other folks to really feel assured in lowering or finishing their automobile utilization, towns want to supply protected and viable selection shipping choices.’

‘Secure and steady infrastructure, as discovered one day imaginative and prescient for each places, has been confirmed to extend ranges of biking – with other folks feeling more secure and extra assured to make trips by way of motorcycle. Other folks have turn out to be used to towns, probably the most densely populated spaces, being ruled by way of vehicles and automobile parking. With a challenge to advertise well being and happiness during the delight in the wildlife – and naturally – the motorcycle, Shimano is well-placed to proportion their imaginative and prescient of the way other our towns might be.’

In search of to begin a dialog with city mobility mavens, citizens, politicians, planners and different events, Shimano hopes that those cutting edge visions will inspire other folks to be extra formidable and rethink what’s conceivable on the subject of converting our towns and making them have compatibility for other folks.

Anna Schmalko-Methorst, Shimano’s City Class Advertising Supervisor stated: ‘’We’re proud to be launching our Long term Towns venture, in keeping with our challenge to advertise well being and happiness during the delight in nature and the arena round us.

‘’It’s transparent that towns comparable to Berlin and London these days have too many streets and roads which can be ruled by way of and designed round vehicles and now not other folks. We needed to paintings with Jan Kamensky to create daring and cutting edge visions of what our towns may just appear to be.

‘’Beginning with the Karl-Marx-Allee and Marble Arch, we’ve got created another imaginative and prescient of the long run – one the place our towns our more healthy, more secure, and in the end extra relaxing puts to are living.’’

Jan Kamensky stated: “Transformation additionally starts in the way in which we see our international. Utopia is beneficial for this. It breaks with our behavior of seeing. It’s disruptive. It makes us glance at the moment with a brand new eye and it is helping to tell our movements. Let’s start to see our international in a brand new manner!”

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