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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 MoreRickshaws in the new millennium
July 1, 2006
But at a time when the west is looking for such sustainable solutions, most Asian governments are ignoring them, and still worse trying to discard them. Rather than improving the cycle rickshaws, they are attempting to eliminate them in a false hope of creating a more “developed” way of living. Rickshaws have been banned in many ...Read MoreMexico City’s MetroBus Celebrates Its First Birthday
July 1, 2006
June marked the one year anniversary of MetroBus, Mexico City’s Bus Rapid Transit system. The occasion was celebrated with a city government event and a photographic exposition titled, “One Year in the Right Direction”. MetroBus transports an average of 250,000 passengers a day during the week through 36 stations on Insurgentes Avenue, the city’s longest street. The ...Read MoreFormer Mayor of Bogotá Named ITDP Senior Fellow
July 1, 2006
“ITDP is honored to have Mr. Peñalosa join us as a Senior Fellow,” said ITDP Executive Director Walter Hook. “Enrique Peñalosa’s transformation of the city of Bogotá from a nightmare of traffic congestion to one of the world’s most livable cities has made him an inspiration for leaders around the world. ITDP has never had ...Read MoreChina to Remain a ‘Kingdom of Bicycles’?
July 1, 2006
China back on the bicycle bandwagon? There are signs that China, faced with energy shortages as well as worsening congestion and air pollution, is turning its attention back to encouraging cycling in its cities. A senior Minister in June criticized the Beijing city administration for making it harder for cyclists to get around, saying that the ...Read MoreOp-Ed: What the developing world can teach us about kicking oil addiction
June 30, 2006
In recent months it has become increasingly difficult for Americans to ignore two painful realities. The first is the realization that climate change is less a theory to be debated and more a real threat that we can’t afford to ignore. The second is that oil prices possess the same capacity to wreak economic havoc ...Read MoreBlair’s Budget Cuts Undermine Benefit of London’s Pricing Scheme
June 1, 2006
The budget cuts £125 million for the next two fiscal years (2004/5 and 2005/6), while Transport for London projects that the congestion charge will raise £130 million each year. The budget for 2005/6 is £200 million less than in both of the previous two years. Though TfL anticipated cuts in the next budget cycle after a ...Read MoreDevelopment: Big Business in Reform School, But Is It Sticking?
May 9, 2006
In Canada, banks and financial institutions with over one billion dollars in equity must produce public accountability statements regarding their contribution to the country’s economy and society. In Nigeria, oil and gas companies are required to contribute about three percent of their annual revenues to the Niger Delta Development Commission, while the British government requires pension ...Read MoreTransportation and India’s Urban Poor
May 9, 2006
India’s urbanization process has been slow but it now has one of the largest urban systems in the world. The country is home to 35 cities with populations of more than one million and nearly 40% of its urban population resides in these cities. Those that migrate to urban areas tend to move in search of ...Read MoreTransport Organisation Donates Equipment to Ghana Health Service
May 3, 2006
The items included speed bikes worth 23.58 million cedis; Very High Frequency (VHF) FM Portable Transceivers; VHF base station equipment and desk microphones worth 11,784 dollars. Others were bicycle ambulances and donkey carts worth 3.6 million cedis. Mr Teye-Topey said the presentation was a result of recommendations of a comprehensive research carried out on health facilities ...Read MoreOptions for Financing Bus Rapid Transit in China
May 1, 2006
The majority of municipal governments in China’s major metropolitan areas have the financial means on their own to build Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems without the help or approval of the central government. However, the manner in which financing is raised will affect the efficiency and quality of the system, and these issues should be ...Read More