Zurich · FutureHubs.eu 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 Zurich to redesign Enge harbour promenade as green lakeside public spacehttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/zurich/news/enge-harbour-promenade-green-redesign/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/zurich/news/enge-harbour-promenade-green-redesign/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMTZurich will start redesigning the Enge harbour promenade in January 2027, moving 127 parking spaces to a car park opposite and raising the number of trees to 140, with works due to finish in stages by spring 2030. Zurich lends 10.5 million francs to cut rents for young traineeshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/zurich/news/interest-free-loans-youth-housing/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/zurich/news/interest-free-loans-youth-housing/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTZurich's city council has granted the youth housing foundation JUWO interest-free loans of 10.5 million francs, cutting rents by about 11 per cent for 163 places for people in training under 30 at two estates. Zurich pays half the cost of e-cargo bikes for businesseshttps://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. Zurich expands mobile recycling centre to 33 sites and retires disposal tramhttps://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. Zurich buys 64 flats in Seebach for 78.22 million francshttps://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. Zurich reaches a third of its street greening target after one yearhttps://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.