https://futurehubs.eu/cities/zurich/ Zurich is buying homes towards its goal of one non-profit rental in three by 2050, turning street space into greenery, walking and cycling space, preparing a 365-franc annual transit pass and paying half the cost of e-cargo bikes for businesses. en https://futurehubs.eu/cities/zurich/news/subsidy-e-cargo-bikes-businesses/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/zurich/news/subsidy-e-cargo-bikes-businesses/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTZurich has launched «CarGoVelo für Züri», a programme that pays half the purchase cost of an electric cargo bike for companies and organisations, with a total budget of 390,000 francs available for a maximum of three years. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/zurich/news/mobile-recycling-expands-to-33-sites/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/zurich/news/mobile-recycling-expands-to-33-sites/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTZurich is retiring its disposal tram after more than 85 years, with a last stop in Hirzenbach on 20 October 2026, as its mobile recycling centre expands to 33 locations by early 2027, adding 22 sites the tram never reached. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/zurich/news/city-buys-64-flats-in-seebach/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/zurich/news/city-buys-64-flats-in-seebach/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTZurich's city council has decided to buy a site in Seebach with 12 apartment buildings and 64 flats for 78.22 million francs, a step towards making one third of the city's rental flats non-profit by 2050. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/zurich/news/street-greening-first-year-progress/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/zurich/news/street-greening-first-year-progress/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTZurich's first annual report on its voter-mandated street space targets shows that 33.3 percent of the greening target and 8.3 percent of the walking, cycling and public transport target were reached between May 2025 and April 2026.