On July 20, 2011, the Government of the State of Querétaro and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the modernization of public transport in the metropolitan area of Querétaro, a city of 1.1 million and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which include the municipalities of Huimilpan, Queretaro Corregidor…
Year: 2011
‘Cities, Bicycles and the future of Mobility” tour rolled on yesterday to Lima, Perú. Lima has developed rapidly since the 1950s, Lima into a city with a dense network of roads and freeways. In 2010, Perú issued a new national level policy that gave priority to biking legislation and promoted the creation of bicycle infrastructure. On July…
The third stop of the Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Mobility’ tour took place at the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center in Santiago, Chile. After David Byrne presented his observations of cycling conditions in different cities around the world, Claudio Olivares, local cycling activist and author of popular Chilean blog Arriba la Chancha, talked about the various…
David Byrne was in Buenos Aires yesterday, his second of nine stops on the Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Mobility tour. The day began with a mid-morning event attended by city officials and non-profit groups,where eight organizations, including Greenpeace Argentina and FARN, signed a letter calling on the City to dedicate at least 5% of the city’s…
The 8th annual Sustainable Transport Awards are accepting nominations. This is the first year that we’ve asked the public to contribute their ideas on which cities are doing the best job at making their transportation systems greener, safer and friendlier to cyclists and pedestrians. The STAs are presented in January in Washington, D.C. and recognize…
Over 700 people filled a packed theater in São Paulo last night for the first stop on the 9-city “Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Mobility” tour with legendary artist and musician, David Byrne, and ITDP. Activities for the forum started earlier in the day, when a group of around 30 cyclists, including the Secretary…
This month ITDP joins forces with legendary artist and musician, David Byrne, on an 18-day, 9-city tour, to raise awareness about the need for sustainable transportation options for Latin American cities. In each city Byrne will take the stage with a local leader, a cycling advocate and an urban planner for a lively discussion of…
This June, transportation and environment ministers and senior delegates from 11 Latin-American countries met for the first ever Sustainable Transport Forum for Latin America (FTS) in Bogotá, Colombia. The forum’s participants adopted the “Bogotá Declaration for Sustainable Transport.” This document contains voluntary agreements for regional coordination and cooperation between these countries and the Inter-American Development…
A front page article in today’s New York Times looks at how European cities are prioritizing mass transit, cycling and walking and reducing dependence on private cars. The piece features ITDP’s report “Europe’s Parking U-Turn”. A few snippets from the article are below. … “It often takes extreme measures to get people out of their cars, and…