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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 MoreRevving up Urban Mobility in Singapore
November 5, 2008
The Land Transport Authority is forging ties with several parties in its search for new ways to enhance urban mobility. The authority signed a memorandum of collaboration (MOC) on Wednesday with six strategic parties to work towards making Singapore ‘a centre for research for world-class urban transport solutions’. The MOC was signed with the Economic Development Board, ...Read MoreBringing the Bicycle Back
October 21, 2008
Our world seems a mess. Greenhouse gases are choking the planet, the cost of almost everything is skyrocketing, and people spend so much time either at work or commuting, they hardly get to see their families. Technological development hasn’t really freed us from the drudgery of manual labour — it’s just created another form of drudgery. ...Read MoreVision Zero NYC: Ending the Body Count
October 21, 2008
Vision Zero is about more than looking both ways. The following article, “Ending the Body Count,” appears in the upcoming fall edition of Transportation Alternatives’ Reclaim Magazine. Last year, I wrote a letter to the NYC Department of Transportation asking for traffic calming on 65th Street near my home in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Several elderly pedestrians had been ...Read MoreJakarta Carves Out Walkways, Bike Lanes
October 21, 2008
Jakarta will soon see trial integrated pedestrian and bicycle lanes in the city, one of the city’s planned efforts to reduce carbon emissions. Landscape architect Nirwono Joga said Monday the lanes would be delineated along the green belts beside riverbanks and rail lines and under overpasses. “Creating bikeways and pedestrian lanes is actually much easier than constructing ...Read MorePan-India Policy Will do Economy Good
October 17, 2008
BANGALORE: Fitmentof speed governors to all commercial vehicles is proving to be a knotty affair in Karnataka, which has been trying to unravel it for the past three years. Interestingly, the issue that may originate in Karnataka will impact seamless flow of goods, perishables and people between states, particularly from neighbouring parts. Many feel that the ...Read MoreAhmedabad Going for a ‘Take the Bus’ Drive
October 5, 2008
Commuters in Ahmedabad are in for a change in their daily travel routes and modes of transport as the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) tries to woo them to leave their two-wheelers at home and use the public transport system instead. If the plans of the AMC are anything to go by, the city might just see ...Read MoreNMT Infrastructure Design in Mexico
October 1, 2008
Download this presentation Source: Xavier TrevinoRead MorePublic Bicycle Systems: Velib and Beyond
October 1, 2008
Download this presentation Source: Luc NadalRead More‘India Needs to Start Thinking about Greening the Economy’
September 25, 2008
India needs to start thinking about “greening” the economy and the jobs that people depend on. It has the potential to generate 900,000 jobs by 2025. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) could also become a powerful mechanism for helping poor communities to invest in building durable assets. In an email exchange with FE, Stephan ...Read MoreEco-friendly, non-polluting (Rickshaws): So why ban them?
September 23, 2008
EVEN WHEN the authorities are busy planning an exit plan for cycle-rickshaws from some of the congested roads in Delhi, supporters of this eco-friendly non-motorised mode of transport ask: Are south Delhi areas where these rickshaws do not ply free of congestion? Take for instance, Ashram Chowk, where no rickshaws ply . “Has it helped in anyway? ...Read More