Enrique Penalosa, Board President of ITDP, and a pioneer of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in major cities, comments on the newly opened BRT system in Ahmedabad, India. Read the full story in Daily News & Analysis:https://www.dnaindia.com/india/comment_ahmedabad-on-modernity-bus-says-brts-pioneer_1280614
Year: 2009
Imagine one of the largest and iconic avenues in Latin America entirely closed to motorized vehicles with children playing happily. On a recent Sunday morning in Buenos Aires on Avenida 9 de Julio and other major streets, where thousands of porteños—as the city residents are called—could be seen exercising, rollerblading, cycling and strolling down streets that…
The government of Mauricio Macri has announced that the city’s BRT system, running on Juan B. Justo Avenue, is one of the three priorities of his administration along with programs to increase safety in the city and reduce poverty. Important decisions have been made to turn BRT into a reality in the second half of…
Testimony of Michael A. Replogle Global Policy Director and Founder, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy Policy and Strategy Consultant, Environmental Defense Fund July 7, 2009 Senate Banking Committee Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Subcommittee
Read about one blogger’s thoughts on the relevance for Indian cities of Enrique Penalosa’s message on building more egalitarian urban spaces:Walk the Talk on Better Cities – Relevance of Penalosa’s Message For India
Ahmedabad: The highly ambitious Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is being praised not only by officials of its elected wing, but also foreign experts in the field. The Ahmedabad Janmarg is already a ‘best practice’ BRTS, said Dario Hidalgo, senior transport engineer of EMBARQ, a centre for sustainable transport…
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India, like other developing countries, is characterized by its rising population, mounting urbanization and motorization, and low per capita income. As Indian cities have grown in population, they have also spread outward. A lack of effective planning and land use controls has resulted in rapid, rampant sprawl extending beyond old city boundaries and into the distant countryside. This greatly increased…
Rapid Bus Transit for D.C. Tuesday, July 28, 2009 It was gratifying to read the July 19 editorial “Get on the Bus.” Washington, like many U.S. cities, can’t afford to solve its congestion problems by building more roads and expanding Metro. The only alternative is to coax commuters from their cars by dramatically improving bus…