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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 MoreBogotá: Under Siege? (Issue 20, 2008)
January 1, 2008
Stimulating a Car-Free Recovery: Letter from the Executive Director • TransJakarta: Putting on Lipstick While Running to Catch the Bus • Velib One Year Later • Guatemala City: BRT Comes to Central America • Bus Rapid Transit’s New Wave • Bogota: Edging Back from the Brink • Designing Harbin’s Roads for Tomorrow’s Transit • Cycling ...Read MoreFormer mayor of Bogotá leaves his mark on many cities
December 28, 2007
Carolyn Whelan, International Herald Tribune Mass transit projects regularly perish in the process, when special interest demands may derail the best intentions of public policy makers. So it often goes in Latin America, where wealthy land owners exert strong influence. But not in Bogotá, under Enrique Peñalosa, who is credited by many as the architect of the ...Read MoreBeating climate change with Clinton
December 21, 2007
Johannesburg has instituted several programmes to fight global warming, and has forged a special bond with the Clinton Climate Initiative to beat the crisis. A UNIQUE relationship is developing between the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) and the City of Johannesburg, with the former committing substantial funding and technical support to help Johannesburg to become an ...Read MoreSouth Africa: Culture Puts the Brakes On Women’s Mobility
December 16, 2007
The bicycle has been hailed as having done “more than anything else in the world to emancipate women”—the words of 19th century American feminist Susan B. Anthony. But for many women in South Africa, culture and tradition make it difficult to take advantage of the increased mobility and access to social and economic opportunities, not ...Read MoreGovernance and Sustainable Transport in Changzhou, China
December 13, 2007
The national government of China sets a broad policy framework but does not generally play a direct role in sustainable urban transport policy formulation and implementation at the city level in China. Policy in areas such as public transport, demand management, non-motorized transport, land use, traffic safety and parking are determined largelt at the city ...Read MorePropuesta de Red Ciclista para la Ciudad de Mexico
December 11, 2007
Este texto concretiza las recomendaciones generales establecidas en el documento Promoción del uso de la bicicleta en la Ciudad de México, presentado por Bicitekas en abril de 2007 al Gobierno del Distrito Federal, respecto a una red de movilidad en bicicleta en la Ciudad de México. Para ello, Bicitekas y el Institute for Transportation & Development Policy, se dieron a ...Read MoreUSA & Indonesia: Addressing Climate Change & More
December 8, 2007
The United States and Indonesia: Partners in Addressing Climate Change, Energy Security, and Clean Development. The United States Government is working with partners in Indonesia to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; promote sustainable forest management; improve energy security; support GHG emissions inventories; promote sustainable coral reef management and conservation; and build resiliency to climate change ...Read More2007 Sustainable Transport Magazine Hot Off the Presses
November 29, 2007
This issue features stories about Paris’s Velib bike sharing program, downtown revitalization efforts in Rio de Janeiro, bus rapid transit progress in Guangzhou, trolleybuses in Sao Paulo, a five year reflection on the California Bike project in Africa, and congestion charging efforts in New York City and the U.S. To download your own copy of the ...Read MoreElevated roads shot down by experts
November 20, 2007
Critics said “more roads means more traffic” about Governor Fauzi Bowo’s plan to expand driving space vertically, with elevated roadways stacked one above the other. Experts say difficulty in purchasing land for new roads is behind the plan. Andi Rahmah of the Indonesian Transportation Society said Monday the build-more-roads paradigm was obsolete. “Five years ago, benefits from ...Read MoreRecommendations for Governor Fauzi Bowo on TransJakarta
November 15, 2007
Presentation to Governor Fauzi Bowo on making TransJakarta a world class BRT system Download this presentation Source: ITDP IndonesiaRead More