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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 MoreJanmarg, The People’s Way (Issue 21, 2009)
January 1, 2009
Letter from the Executive Director: Our Cities, Ourselves • Janmarg: The People’s Way • Bajajis Come to Tanzania • Streets for People: New York’s Bold New Pedestrian Spaces • Rea Vaya: We Are Going • China’s Cities at a Crossroads • Bike-Sharing Goes Viral • Going Back to Cali • The Future is on the ...Read MoreTaking to pedal, Delhiites choose an eco-friendly saddle
January 1, 2009
Pedalling a cycle, often associated with childhood memories, is increasingly becoming routine for people, thanks to the initiatives of the Delhi Metro and the Delhi Bicycling Club, which encourage people to use bicycles for short distances. In North Campus, a scheme to rent cycles was started two years ago to help students cut on cycle-rickshaw fare. ...Read MoreBRT Guide Available in Portuguese
December 24, 2008
The Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide is the most comprehensive resource for planning a bus rapid transit (BRT) system, beginning with project preparation all the way through to implementation and it is now available in Portuguese. Click here to download the complete Guide or individual chapters in Portuguese. Clicka aqui para baixar o Manual de BRT em português. To see ...Read MoreRegulate parking to curb car count on roads?
December 13, 2008
Parking your car for a day in downtown London will cost you Rs 3,037, going by the current rupee strength and Rs 2,025 in New York. But, in Ahmedabad you pay peanuts to reserve a parking space. While experts say it’s time for prohibitive parking rates, to make people avoid using cars, traffic authorities believe there ...Read MoreReturning the Roads To The People
December 9, 2008
There is a need to change the mindset and steer away from personalised transport to public transport. This was stated by Union Minster for Urban Development S. Jaipal Reddy while inaugurating the three-day National Conference on Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and Urban Mobility India in New Delhi recently. The minster said that ...Read More4th Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum of the Asian EST Initiative
December 5, 2008
PRESS RELEASE The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs of the Government of Korea, the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), and the Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan will be jointly organizing the Fourth Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum from 24 to 26 February 2009 at the Grand Hyatt ...Read More‘No Car Zone’ for a Day
December 2, 2008
Ahmedabad : Are you prepared to leave your car home and choose public transport for a day? It could be a Sunday or any weekday of the month. This could happen if the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the traffic police with people’s co-operation identify a stretch in the city as ‘no car zone’ for just ...Read MoreJakarta Air Getting Healthier: Official
November 15, 2008
While compulsory emissions testing for private cars continues to be delayed, the Jakarta administration claims air quality is getting better across the city thanks to regular car-free days. Data from the Jakarta Environment Management Board (BPLHD) shows Jakartans breathed healthy air on 104 days up to October this year, compared to only 73 days last year ...Read MoreO ITDP apresenta ‘melhores praticas’ de Londres e NY na conferência Bicicultura 2008 em Brasíl
November 13, 2008
As preocupações com o meio ambiente e o futuro do planeta dominaram os debates no Painel “O Parlamento e a Defesa dos Direitos da Mobilidade Urbana”, no segundo dia da Conferência Internacional de Mobilidade por Bicicleta, realizada no Ministério das Cidades, pela ONG Rodas da Paz. “Nós estamos retornando à era do fogo”, afirmou o ...Read MoreMitigating the Risk of Climate Change by Reducing Travel by Light Duty Vehicles
November 12, 2008
This paper was prepared by Walter Hook, Executive Director, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), as a contribution to the OECD/ITF Global Forum on Transport and Environment in a Globalising World that will be held 10-12 November 2008 in Guadalajara, Mexico. It discusses ways to mitigate the risk of climate change by reducing travel ...Read More