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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 MoreJakarta Busway System Could Save Rp 235 Billion in Subsidies
July 2, 2008
If private vehicle users switched to taking the busway, the administration could save hundreds of billions of rupiahs, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) estimates. “On the assumption that private vehicles travel an average of 10 kilometers in an hour, Rp 235 billion (US$25.8 million) would be saved in fuel subsidies a year if ...Read MoreInternationale Experten suchen Antworten auf Herausforderung der weltweiten Verkehrsexplosion
June 30, 2008
Symposium von ICCT und Hewlett Foundation, organisiert von der Deutschen Umwelthilfe. – Tiefgreifende Veränderungen der Mobilitäts-, Transport- und Siedlungsbedingungen auch in den großen Schwellenländern unverzichtbar Berlin – Verkehr und Transport auf der Erde tragen heute fast ein Viertel zu den energiebedingten Treibhausgasen bei. Bis 2030 wird diese Klimabelastung um weitere 80 Prozent steigen, wenn nichts geschieht. ...Read More$158m for Dar’s New Urban Bus System
June 30, 2008
Tanzania has set aside $158.2 million to implement the first phase of the much awaited commuter transport system in Dar es Salaam. “Of this amount, the government will give $10 million, the World Bank $110 million and the private sector $38.2 million, specifically targeted for acquiring buses and installing a modern ticket dispensing system,” Prime Minister ...Read MoreLas ‘bicis’ se toman las calles de NY (in Spanish)
June 29, 2008
Con el programa de Calles de Verano (Summer Streets), los neoyorquinos no sólo se liberan de los autos por unas horas, sino que también se integran y disfrutan de los espacios públicos, dijo ayer Oscar Díaz, integrante del directorio del Instituto de Políticas para el Transporte y el Desarrollo (ITDP por sus siglas en inglés). Díaz, ...Read MoreDiagnóstico de la situación financiera de Transmilenio
June 26, 2008
Presentación de un diagnóstico de la situación financiera del Sistema y de los agentes de Transmilenio.Read MoreRazones no construir ciclovías en las aceras
June 26, 2008
Razón #1: Tengamos nuestra prioridades bien establecidas Razón #2: Nuestras banquetas en su gran mayoría no dan los anchos necesarios ni siquiera para los peatones Razón #3: No queremos conflictos entre ciclistas-peatones Razón #4: La bicileta en un programa serio de movilidad urbana no debe ser vista como un juguete. Debe ser visto como un vehículo que como tal debe de ser ...Read MoreAsistencia Técnica para Optimización Operacional para Transmilenio
June 26, 2008
Un resumen del diagnostico de los sistemas troncal y alimentador, análisis y planteamiento de alternativas, evaluación de alternativas seleccionadas y recomendaciones.Read MoreSatisface a Petersen Participación del ITDP en Proyecto de Ciclovías (in Spanish)
May 19, 2008
La primera propuesta que se tiene de trabajo es una vía Sur-Norte, particularmente aprovechando lo que es Ocho de Julio y Federalismo. GUADALAJARA, JALISCO.– Al arribar por cuarta ocasión en bicicleta a la Palacio Municipal, el presidente Municipal de Guadalajara, Alfonso Petersen Farah, confirmó que el proyecto de las ciclovías en la ciudad continúa avanzando y ...Read MoreDelhi BRT as good as scrapped, say experts
May 16, 2008
International experts have given thumbs down to the functional Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor in the Capital. After a visit to the corridor to assess the existing situation, the experts pointed out the shortcomings like faulty bus stops, pileup of buses on the bus lanes and need of Operational Control System on route between Ambedkar ...Read MoreExperts from US, UK find faults with BRT
May 16, 2008
A TEAM of three experts on public transport from the US and the UK said the Capital’s Bus Rapid Transit ( BRT) system was faulty. Walter Hook, Christopher Kost and Simon Bishop — in town since Wednesday — also suggested some immediate changes. The experts said there were “ glaring gaps” in BRT’s design and ...Read More