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Spatial Metro is an international project dedicated to finding new and exciting
ways of improving city centres for pedestrians.
Ten partner organisations from the UK, France, Germany, Holland and Switzerland
are working together to achieve this in the five cities of Norwich, Bristol,
Rouen, Koblenz and Biel/Bienne.
Cities can be chaotic and confusing places at the best of times - even for
local people! Visitors are neither helped nor encouraged by unattractive
surroundings when they reach main arrival points such as airports, bus and
railway stations, and car parks.
Once in the city they can be further frustrated by a lack of helpful signs and
by unwelcoming public spaces.
Spatial Metro aims to make city visits more enjoyable for pedestrians by making
them easier to navigate, easier to walk around, and easier to understand and
appreciate.
The project, which has major European funding, got under way in 2005 and will
run until 2008.
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Latest News
 | Final conference update
To mark the end of Spatial Metro, Norwich hosted a two-day event to showcase the project’s success stories and look at how we can make our cities better places for pedestrians. |  | Spatial Metro Final Conference 15-16 May 2008
To mark the end of Spatial Metro, Norwich hosted a two-day event to showcase the project's success stories and to look at how we can make our cities better places for pedestrians. The presentations from the conference will be available on this site soon. |  | Final Newsletter 2008
This project newsletter offers an overview of the achievements of this 3 year project to improve city centres for pedestrians. |  | Virtual Models
BBC coverage |  | Modern telecommunications for visitor information
Koblenz University's new Spatial Metro website explains how computer technology is being used to help visitors find what they want in Koblenz | |
