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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 MoreIf Bogota Can Do It, Surely We Can
January 31, 2009
Till a few years ago, Bogota, the capital of Colombia (a Latin American country that has been the scene of much civil unrest for over half a century), and its nearly seven million inhabitants had a quality of life no better than that of large sections of the lower middle class and the poor in ...Read MoreMetrobus Project In Istanbul Wins A USA Award
January 30, 2009
The Metrobus project of the Istanbul administration authority was recently given an award during the presentation of the Sustainable Transport Awards in Washington D.C. This award is presented to projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the quality of life in the inner areas of major cities worldwide. The Mercedes-Benz CapaCity impressively demonstrates the attractiveness ...Read MoreArquitectura y Urbanismo (in Spanish)
January 30, 2009
Moverse es uno de los temas que constituyen, estructuran y hablan del estado de las ciudades. En Guadalajara evidentemente cojeamos desde hace tiempo en asuntos de movilidad. Como ejemplo: el parque vehicular se duplicó en siete años, de 700 mil que había en 2000, para 2008 eran un millón 600 mil. La desproporcionada inversión en ...Read MoreMetrobus-Projekt Istanbul mit Amerikanischem Award Ausgezeichnet (in German)
January 30, 2009
(Stuttgart, Germany) – Das Metrobus-Projekt der Stadtverwaltung Istanbul wurde kürzlich bei der Verleihung des Sustainable Transport Awards in Washington D.C. mit einem Preis ausgezeichnet. Dieser Preis wird Projekten verliehen, die Treibhausgase reduzieren und die Lebensqualität in Innenstädten von großen Metropolen weltweit verbessern. In der Begründung hob die Jury hervor, dass Istanbul mit dem 2007 in Betrieb ...Read MoreEspecialista Colombiano Planea Ciclovías En León (in Spanish)
January 30, 2009
(León, Gto) – El Municipio invertirá 900 mil pesos en un estudio para actualizar el Plan Maestro de Ciclovías de la ciudad. Al frente del proyecto se encuentra el colombiano Guillermo Peñaloza Cortés, director general de la asociación canadiense Walk and Bike for Life, quien es originario de la ciudad de Bogotá. Al igual que su compatriota ...Read MoreHundreds Clean Five Transjakarta Shelters
January 27, 2009
It was a quiet Sunday morning in the usually busy street of Jl. Jend. Sudirman. There were no cars, just Transjakarta buses and crowds of people in some of the bus shelters along Corridor 1. Many Jakartans, young and old, men and women alike, grasped cleaning equipment, coming together to clean some of the Transjakarta bus ...Read MoreRatusan Orang Bersihkan Halte Bus Transjakarta (in Indonesian)
January 25, 2009
JAKARTA, MINGGU — Bila Anda melewati ruas Jalan Sudirman, MH Thamrin hingga Harmoni, Minggu (25/1) pagi ini, Anda akan menjumpai banyak orang membersihkan halte bus transjakarta. Acara itu memang sengaja digelar perusahaan minuman Coca-Cola Indonesia bekerja sama dengan Badan Layanan Umum (BLU) Transjakarta, Dinas Perhubungan DKI Jakarta, serta Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP). Sebanyak ...Read MorePT Coca Cola Gelar Bersih-bersih Halte Busway (in Indonesian)
January 25, 2009
TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta: PT Coca Cola Distribution Indonesia bekerja sama dengan Badan Layanan Umum (BLU) Transjakarta, Dinas Perhubungan DKI Jakarta, dan Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) menggelar acara bersih-bersih halte busway di Jakarta Ahad (25/1). Kegiatan ini juga diselenggarakan dalam rangka ulang tahun busway Transjakarta yang kelima yang jatuh pada 15 Januari lalu. General ...Read MorePor 4.8 millones, el plan de ciclovías estará listo en 11 meses (in Spanish)
January 24, 2009
Guadalajara.– El gobierno del estado pagará 4.8 millones de pesos para que el despacho de consultoría AU, que preside el urbanista Mario Córdova España, realice el plan maestro de movilidad no motorizada de la zona metropolitana. El anuncio lo hizo ayer el coordinador del proyecto de movilidad estatal, Diego Monraz Villaseñor, quien explicó que el despacho ...Read MoreArranca elaboración del plan de ciclovías; estará listo a finales de año (in Spanish)
January 24, 2009
GUADALAJARA, JALISCO.– Al anunciar el arranque de los trabajos para la elaboración del Plan de Movilidad no Motorizada de la Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara (ZMG), que incluye una red de ciclovías y rescate de espacios peatonales, el director del Sistema del Tren Eléctrico Urbano (Siteur), Diego Monraz Villaseñor, pidió—ante la proximidad de los tiempos políticos—que ...Read More