Sustainable Transport Award
Thursday, 21 May 2026 || 9AM EST (10AM Brazil)
In this 2026 STA Series webinar, ITDP will highlight the winner Salvador, Brazil, and discuss the city’s progress in advancing inclusive, sustainable mobility. The session will focus on Salvador’s recent policies and investments into more integrated public transport, including expanded BRT corridors and street networks, aimed at improving access and connectivity across multiple neighborhoods. We will also be joined by a representative from the World Bank who will share lessons on planning, financing, and implementation from a bank partner’s perspective.
This session will emphasize the ways in which coordinated investment, partnerships, and political will can help cities like Salvador advance well-funded, well-managed, and sustainable transport to become a role model for their region. Live interpretations will be available in Portuguese.
Please download the 2026 STA Spotlight case study on Salvador for more details.
Taís is a Transport Specialist at the World Bank, working on the preparation and implementation of transport infrastructure investments in Latin America and the Caribbean. She supports governments in structuring large-scale urban mobility programs, combining transport planning, economic analysis, and institutional reform to inform investment decisions and improve project viability and delivery.
Dana’s (she/her/hers pronouns) work at ITDP includes research and analysis of trends in sustainable transportation focused primarily on cycling, bikeshare, and other forms of shared mobility. She has led the development of key ITDP publications, including the 2018 Bikeshare Planning Guide, and several policy briefs. Dana is passionate about identifying connections between sustainable development’s social, economic, and environmental spheres, with a particular interest in guiding cities to strengthen transportation networks, leverage emerging technology and innovations, and improve overall accessibility.
Prior to joining ITDP in 2017, Dana worked for the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development in Chicago and for Resources for the Future, an environmental economics think tank in Washington, DC. She holds an MA in Sustainable Urban Development from DePaul University.