Street Furniture News

Today, we are excited to announce another significant milestone in our journey. CROWD has successfully acquired Armada Mobility BV in the Netherlands. This strategic acquisition reinforces our dedication to enhancing urban living environments and underscores our position as a leader in innovative solutions for public spaces.

The scope of projects completed by Bailey Street Furniture Group in 2024 illustrates the incredible versatility and breadth of the company’s product range, as well as its expertise in providing solutions for all kinds of outdoor applications.

The Easylift Premium from VelopA represents the next generation in cycle parking systems, combining cutting-edge design with unparalleled ease of use and superior functionality. This two-tier rack doubles bike storage capacity within the same footprint, making it ideal for space-efficient solutions in railway stations, leisure centres, and cycle hubs.

Bailey Street Furniture Group (BSFG) has successfully delivered over 130 bespoke benches to railway stations across the South West, following a competitive tender win. Featuring recycled plastic slats and durable steel frames, these custom designs have been installed at key locations like Weybridge and Southampton Central, showcasing BSFG's commitment to sustainability and its partnership with the UK rail industry.

Metalco has been providing products that support sustainable urbanisation and the creation of socially connected public spaces since 1984. The company has partnered with BSFG for more than 10 years, offering a unique range of products through the group’s Artform Urban Furniture division. What sets Metalco apart is its ‘Social Design for Real Life’ vision - to create urban furniture which meets the needs of users most effectively in a way that is sustainable for the environment and for people.

The quality and visual appeal of transport hubs and interchanges, including railway stations, bus stations and tram stops, is crucially important in encouraging greater use and maximising customer satisfaction. Both are key to facilitating increased use of public transport across the country, but especially in major urban areas, where switching more people away from cars can help to improve local environmental conditions by lowering levels of road congestion, noise and air pollution.

No matter the style or location of the housing, all developments centred on placemaking share common objectives. Their design views the public areas around houses and apartment blocks as not only functional but also appealing and engaging, encouraging people to spend more time in them.

The great outdoors can work wonders for our health and wellbeing whatever the setting. In healthcare environments such as hospitals, care homes and community health facilities, however, ensuring patients, staff and visitors have easy access to well-designed outdoor spaces on-site should be a priority, given the potential for substantial benefits.

Bailey Streetscene has expanded its portfolio to ensure specifiers, contractors and other decision-makers can respond to emerging outdoor design trends with the addition of a stylish range of products from leading Italian designer and manufacturer, City Design.

Well-designed, high-quality outdoor spaces within school, college, and university grounds hold equal significance to their indoor counterparts in enhancing the overall educational journey, fostering positivity, engagement, and fulfilment. But what are the key considerations when crafting outdoor spaces that optimise attractiveness, usability, safety, and sustainability?