New smart bikes in Lithuania will scan streets for rubbish
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A cyclist in Vilnius. / J. Stacevičius/LRT
Lithuania started a new initiative to fight littering – new bikes with integrated scanning systems will now check streets for rubbish. Data collected by the Darom volunteers with help prepare a Cleanliness Index and highlight the areas with the highest littering rate.
“There is a system mounted to the back of it [the bike] that films everything to the right of the cyclist. It allows us to identify litter on that side,” Martynas, a volunteer cyclist, told LRT TV. “The system counts all the trash. [.] The photos are immediately deleted, and the analysed information is sent to servers where it is further processed.”
Abortive utopias in Vilnius: from Soviet palaces to metro and marina
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Government Palace / Vilnius City Municipality/press release
Vilnius may have looked different from what we see today. Take a look at the 16 aborted utopias that could have dramatically altered the Lithuanian capital.
1. Church of the Heart of Jesus
Designed by Antanas Vivulskis (Antoni Wiwulski), a famous Lithuanian-Polish architect, the construction of the church began in Vytenio Street during the interwar period. During the Soviet occupation, however, the construction was stopped and the walls already there were incorporated into the Builders’ Palace.
According to Vilnius City Municipality, the idea to restore the unfinished church has not been abandoned.