


The nine main dimensions of our model are human capital, social cohesion, the economy, public management, governance, the environment, mobility and transportation, urban planning, international outreach, and technology.Īs in every edition, we have tried to improve the structure and coverage of the CIMI and this edition has been no exception. The IESE Cities in Motion Index aims to contribute to this better understanding of the reality of cities by providing an objective, wide-ranging and holistic index that covers different key dimensions of metropolises. In today’s increasingly urban world, it is becoming more and more critical to expand the knowledge and tools available to better understand the different factors that allow cities to improve their competitiveness, ensure their sustainability and enhance the quality of life of their inhabitants. Over the past years, we have observed how various cities, companies and other social actors have used our study as a benchmark when it comes to understanding the reality of cities through comparative analysis. fires, defect vehicles or simply a too high demand.For the sixth consecutive year, we are pleased to present the new edition of our IESE Cities in Motion Index (CIMI). Of course there also emerge small and big problems while playing, which have to be taken care of, e.g. Prices, advertising and statistics are viewed/changed in menus. The handling is similar to other games of this genre: the player chooses what he wants to build in menus and clicks on the location he wants to place it, so for example for a bus line he places the stops and buys the bus.

Time basically flows in real-time, but it can be accelerated (or paused) if needed. During the campaigns the player can take on optional missions. This means the player needs to analyze the population of a city - the game knows seven social groups with different tastes for transportation. Overall there are about 30 different transportation vehicles (depending on the time period), so besides the usual trains and subways there are also more exotic ones like water buses or helicopters to use.īesides the obvious goal to prevent traffic jams it is also important to be financially successful. He can't directly influence the cities itself, so for example if a city is not suitable for trams it is not possible to break down a few houses like on other strategy games - the player has to use buses instead. He has the choice between four campaigns with twelve scenarios, e.g.

Not an American user? DescriptionIn Cities in Motion the player needs to design and plan the public traffic network of four cities: Vienna, Helsinki, Berlin and Amsterdam.
