Representatives from nearly two dozen Asian national governments, along with representatives of civil society and local government, on August 24th joined in adopting the Bangkok 2020 Declaration, committing to achieving ambitious, measurable goals for environmentally sustainable transportation over the coming decade. ITDP’s founder and global policy director, Michael Replogle, helped develop and negotiate the final agreement at…
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PRESS RELEASE AND MEDIA ADVISORY Embargoed Until 23 August 2010 Contact: Michael Replogle, ITDP in Bangkok +1(301)529-0351 [email protected] Stephanie Lotshaw, ITDP in New York +1(212)629-8001 [email protected] Ko Sakamoto, TRL in London +44 (0) 7827 890804 [email protected] Experts Call For Urgent Transport Financing Changes ASAP (Bangkok, Thailand August 23, 2010) At a meeting today of top transportation and environment…
This paper outlines key steps in financing reform: to Analyze impacts, Shift existing resources towards a sustainable direction, Add funding where resources are still lacking, and restructure pricing incentives so users Pay for the full costs of transport consumption, identifying measures to be taken by public, private, and international organizations.
by Amalia Holub, ITDP Argentina The Buenos Aires city government recently initiated a bike-to-work program, its latest effort to get residents on bikes and out of their cars. With a presentation from ITDP, the government held a conference with business leaders to outline various means of encouraging their employees to commute by bicycle, as well…
A new report, “Reducing Carbon Emissions from Transportation”, recently published by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) provides an important new roadmap to cut greenhouse gases in this sector. With this report, the ADB becomes the first multilateral development bank to estimate the carbon footprint of its transportation assistance programs. These amount to 792 million tons for…
The recently opened Guangzhou bus rapid transit (BRT) system was featured in the New York Times, with comment from Karl Fjellstrom, Vice Director who runs the ITDP China headquarters based in Guangzhou, China. Reporter Saquib Rahim asks, “As the world hurtles toward 2 billion cars, an increasingly important issue for the climate will be this: How…
A new video on the work of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy’s international projects debuted online. The video features projects ITDP has worked on in Guangzhou, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; and Mexico City. Watch the video below or watch it here.
ITDP’s Our Cities Ourselves program was recently featured on WNYC radio. The piece examines architect Michael Sorkin’s proposal for lower Manhattan at the site of the Brooklyn Bridge anchorage. Our Cities Ourselves opens Thursday, June 24 at AIA Center for Architecture in New York. The exhibition asks architects from ten cities – New York, Rio…
ITDP’s global policy director and founder, Michael Replogle, joined Pennsylvania Governor Rendell, Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa, and Representatives DeLauro (D-CT), DeFazio (D-OR), and Lipinski (D-IL), in testifying before a U.S. House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing on infrastructure banks on May 13, 2010. Creating a National Infrastructure Bank, as proposed in H.R.2421, or a National…