Webinar
About the series:
This two-part webinar series, based on the release of From Santiago to Shenzhen: How Electric Buses are Moving Cities report created by ITDP, examines the electrification of public bus systems, with the primary goal of decreasing carbon emissions from the transportation sector over the next decade. The How Electric Buses are Moving Cities series sheds light on how cities worldwide are embracing and deploying electric buses.
Watch the first installement of the series, Contracting & Procurement >>
Download the report, “From Santiago to Shenzhen: How Electric Buses are Moving Cities” >>
About the webinar:
The From Santiago to Shenzhen report focuses on the development and implementation of battery electric buses (BEBs) and details the steps cities must take to electrify their bus fleet, with recommendations and lessons learned on policies and frameworks that city governments should consider when scaling BEB implementation.
In this webinar, presenters from ITDP’s India and Indonesia offices will discuss the current efforts of cities to deploy and scale battery electric buses and microbuses (Angkots) by highlighting national & local policies, different financial tools & instruments, and some early lessons learned to create a meaningful roadmap for BEBs.
Stanford Turner (he/him/his pronouns) joined ITDP as its Transit Manager. He coordinates their global work on public transport, including bus electrification, informal transit, and BRT.
Before he joined ITDP, Stanford worked as a consultant with the World Bank’s Infrastructure, PPP, and Guarantees team helping launch a rolling pipeline of infrastructure projects for the ASEAN Secretariat’s office.
His previous work experiences include managing the Digital Cities program for the Eno Center for Transportation and conducting fiscal & economic policy work for state and local governments at the Pew-MacArthur Results initiative.
Stanford holds a master’s in Urban & Regional Planning from Georgetown University, and bachelor’s in criminal justice from Michigan State University.
Vaishali joined ITDP India Programme in 2018 and works as the Programme Manager: Transport Systems & Electric Mobility, looking into public transportation projects. Her other areas of interest lie in travel demand management and transit-oriented development. Over the years, she has worked on various urban development and traffic management projects like the assessment of public transit systems, congestion pricing, prioritization of buses, sustainable electric-mobility, development of transport evaluation framework for a city, review of master plan and zonal plans etc. She holds a Master’s in urban planning from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and an undergraduate and Master’s degree in Geography from the Delhi University.
