The catastrophic weather events of the past year demand that we grapple with the realities of an increasingly unpredictable global climate brought on by our ongoing dependence on fossil fuels. Category four hurricanes in Florida and Nova Scotia, deadly floods in Pakistan, and historic heat waves in Europe are just some of the recent climate…
Year: 2022
Every year, the Sustainable Transport Award (STA) Nominee Cities are recognized for policies and interventions that promote public transport, walking, cycling, and transit-oriented development in ways that highlight accessibility, equity, and urban innovation. In 2022, as the world began to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, many cities looked towards strategies and actions…
All around the world, there is a movement to re-imagine and re-design urban streets that better serve the needs of people, rather than emissions-heavy vehicles.
ITDP has launched self-guided Learning Hub courses for urban planners, officials, practitioners, and advocates interested in advancing more sustainable, inclusive, and equitable mobility in their cities. These courses offer best practices, insights, case studies, and technical guidance drawn from cities worldwide and highlight urban interventions and policy approaches that can help build better transport systems…
It has been one year since ITDP unveiled Cycling Cities at the UNFCCC Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, and we are proud to say that this bold global campaign has made significant progress since it was launched. Now, in the midst of COP27 this November, we want to recognize the achievements that our partners and cohort…
Amongst cities in middle-income countries, Bogotá, Colombia and Guangzhou, China are two that may seem to be vastly different. Nevertheless, both cities are united in facing an urgent challenge: growing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from, among other sectors, their urban transport systems. Bogotá’s cars and vehicles emit a big share of the 14,000 tonnes…
For both urban residents and tourists alike, bikeshare programs are being seen as an environmentally friendly and cost-effective transport option, particularly as rising fuel prices and emissions become a global concern. The bikeshare market is estimated to exceed $4.4 billion USD by 2026 as new technologies, operational improvements, and adjacent cycling economies have made cycling…
For the 2023 STA Nominees, there has been a marked shift in these cities’ perspectives on the pandemic’s challenges, as well as in the ways they are approaching opportunities for recovery and future resiliency. The 2023 Nominees began working towards the promise of a ‘new’ (and perhaps better) normal for urban life. These local governments…
The urban development model that has been promoted in most Brazilian cities has historically concentrated opportunities for employment, culture, and leisure in centrally-located areas where wealthier and predominantly White populations live. This model has also been responsible for rampant urban sprawl that continues to support investment in infrastructure that promotes the use of private vehicles,…