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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 MoreAnalysis of Delhi BRT
May 15, 2008
Download this presentation Source: Walter Hook, ITDPRead MoreBRT fiasco: ITDP workshop looks for solutions
May 15, 2008
With the Delhi government desperately seeking quick-fix measures to cover the glitches along the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand, and the Urban Development Ministry labeling Delhi BRT as an “experience to learn from”, experts have a solution to offer: reduce the traffic phases at the junctions. At a workshop organised by ...Read MoreArticulated Buses to Start Serving Ancol-Kampung Melayu this Month in Jakarta
May 14, 2008
Transjakarta’s articulated buses will start serving the public this month, traveling on Corridor 5 connecting Kampung Melayu in East Jakarta and Ancol in North Jakarta, Governor Fauzi Bowo said Tuesday. “We will start operating the articulated buses some time this month,” he said at City Hall. Transjakarta and the city administration said they would begin operating the ...Read MoreDelhi Bus Lane Has Major Flaw
May 13, 2008
A new, $52 million, nine-mile bus lane on one of this teeming city’s busiest roads was supposed to be a model of how India can improve the lives of its citizens as it builds out its infrastructure. Instead, it has become a symbol of how the government’s tackling a problem often compounds it. At left, high-capacity ...Read MoreNota Técnica – Proyecto de movilidad ciclista en Calzada Independencia, Guadalajara
May 8, 2008
El presente documento se elabora con base en lo conversado en la reunión del 8 de mayo del presente, entre funcionarios de la Dirección de Planeación, Dirección de Obras Públicas y la Dirección de Vinculación Política del Municipio de Guadalajara; OCOIT, CEIT, SEDEUR del Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco; la empresa proyectista; el Colectivo Ecologista Jalisco y el ITDP. El ...Read MoreWhen an elite minority manipulates
May 5, 2008
I drove to Islamabad the other day. The first thing that I noticed were the brand new avenues that cut through the city. As I drove up Agha Shahi Avenue, I noticed the high-quality construction work on the road. The next thing I noticed were the large number of people trying to cross the avenue ...Read MoreWalter Hook’s Interview on the WNYC Brian Lehrer Show (10.7 MB)
May 2, 2008
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May 1, 2008
It’s one of the most controversial infrastructure projects in the country but for all those who said that the Delhi Bus Corridor system was an out and out failure, here is a reality check. A poll conducted by NDTV shows that there is a sharp divide in opinion on the success of the project between those ...Read MoreRecomendaciones para áreas de resguardo de bicicletas en estaciones de trolebús en Eje Central
April 30, 2008
El diseño, ubicación y funcionamiento debe ser congruente con el resto de la red. El diseño debe ser el mismo que el que se está impulsando en otros proyectos, específicamente el de la ciclovía Auditorio-Scotiabank: se debe promover la homogeneidad de la imagen en la Ciudad. La implantación de un sistema público de bicicletas compartidas en la Ciudad estará íntimamente ...Read MoreAMC in learning mode after Delhi BRTS problems
April 29, 2008
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has decided to study the fall out of the Delhi Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project after plethora of problems associated with Delhi project. Municipal Commissioner I P Gautam said that a three member committee has been appointed to study the Delhi project. He, however, does not want to dub this committee as ...Read More