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[/panel][WEBINAR] Indicators For Sustainable Mobility
January 14, 2019
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019 12pm EST Webinar Recording More on the Indicators Indicators for Sustainable Mobility Presentation As Climate Change Escalates, US Cities Fail to Provide Car Alternatives About the Webinar As cities seek to improve their transportation systems to make them more sustainable, equitable, and useful for people, it is critical that they first understand how their system performs. To that ...Read MoreITDP Announces New CEO Heather Thompson
September 19, 2018
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Heather Thompson as our new chief executive officer. Ms. Thompson, who has been serving in the role of interim CEO since February, was selected by the ITDP board of directors after an extensive, international search. Her transition to permanent CEO is ongoing, and will be effective October ...Read MoreBus Rapid Transit Nearly Quadruples Over Ten Years
November 17, 2014
Bus rapid transit has grown by 383 percent in the last ten years, according to new data released by ITDP. As cities around the world discover the benefits and cost effectiveness of BRT, they have built hundreds of systems across dozens of countries that qualify as true BRT. A new interactive map shows a comprehesive ...Read MoreITDP Releases New Study on Climate Change Ahead of UN Climate Summit
September 17, 2014
As world leaders gather for the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Summit on September 23rd, ITDP and the University of California, Davis, have released a new report on the impact of transportation emissions on our climate future. According to the new study, more than USD$100 trillion in cumulative public and private spending could be saved, and ...Read MoreTaxis to Strike Against Bus Rapid Transit System
March 23, 2009
Taxi drivers, owners and marshals will gather in Marshaltown at 4am on Tuesday to march against the system. The forum said there was no government consultation regarding the implementation of the system, claiming it would lead to massive job losses within the industry. “The government went ahead and introduced the BRT without thoroughly explaining to us how ...Read MoreTransjakarta Busway Launches 24-hour ‘Cold’ Hotline (Jakarta)
March 12, 2009
The Transjakarta busway management body (BLU) launched a so-called 24-hour hotline Tuesday to field complaints from Transjakarta commuters, but users have had to be patient to get through. The hotline, at (021) 7228727, has actually been displayed on posters inside the Transjakarta buses for years now. When The Jakarta Post tried the number, an operator could only ...Read More“El renacimiento de Cali” [in Spanish]
March 11, 2009
Durante una hora el ex alcalde de Bogotá y gestor del Transmilenio, Enrique Peñalosa, estuvo ayer en Cali recorriendo el Sistema Integrado de Transporte Masivo de la ciudad, al cual elogió e hizo observaciones para mejorarlo. “Yo creo que el MIO es el comienzo del renacimiento de Cali. Va ser uno de los mejores sistemas de ...Read MoreNelsinho Vai Implantar Ciclovias Semelhantes as De Bogotá [in Portuguese]
March 10, 2009
Durante sua visita a Bogotá, entre os dias 5 e 7, o prefeito Nelson Trad Filho e o diretor presidente da Agência Municipal de Transporte e Trânsito (Agetran), Rudel Trindade, realizaram um passeio ciclístico de duas horas e meia de duração, percorrendo 50 dos 300 km de ciclovias que cortam a cidade como parte do ...Read More“I’ll Call Army on Taxis” – Zille
March 10, 2009
TAXI operators today warned that another strike was imminent, after a threat from Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille to call in the army to clamp down on taxi associations that threatened to sow chaos on the city’s road. News of another planned strike was disclosed ahead of the National Taxi Association (NTA) meeting which was scheduled ...Read MorePedal the Planet to Safety, Say Bikers
March 9, 2009
About 60 cycling enthusiasts spent their Sunday morning exploring the heritage buildings in Lutyens’ Delhi on bicycles. The twin objectives—heritage & history and health—both of body and planet—were achieved as part of the ‘Heritage Cycling Ride’ organised by the Delhi Cycling Club. The motley group included IT sector’s workaholic young professionals, never-without-my-car company executives, short-of-time businessmen, ...Read MoreCycling Through The Heritage and History of Delhi
March 9, 2009
NEW DELHI: A heritage cycling ride was organised in the heart of the Capital by Delhi Cycling Club on Sunday. The event was supported by Open Planning Project and Institute for Transportation and Development Policy. The aim of the ride was to promote bicycle as a green, healthy and most sustainable mode of transport and help ...Read MoreBike Summit Keynotes: Change Can Only Come with Inspired Leaders (in Los Angeles)
March 9, 2009
Four very different speakers, with different backgrounds and from three different cities, traveled to Los Angeles to inspire local cyclists to bring change to our streets. While each of these leaders told different stories and had different experiences, each had a common theme: to see the change we want, we need an educated and inspired ...Read MoreNew Delhi to Cycle its Way to a Green Environment
March 7, 2009
New Delhi (Xinhua):Promoting bicycle as a green and healthy mode of transport, leaving their cars behind, New Delhi residents will, for the fourth consecutive year, be all set on a Heritage Cycling Ride on Sunday morning. The event, sponsored by Delhi Cycling Club, was started in October 2006 by Institution for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), ...Read MoreTransJakarta Passengers Demand More Buses For Corridor 8
March 7, 2009
Passengers of the Transjakarta busway’s corridor 8, linking Lebak Bulus in South Jakarta to Harmoni in Central Jakarta, have urged the operator to procure more buses to cut down on waiting times. Tarmizi, a busway commuter, said he often had to wait very long for the bus during rush hour. “It’d be great if the operator increased ...Read More