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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 MoreEstrategia para Realizar una Reforma Legislativa en Materia de Transporte y Calidad de Aire
June 28, 2004
White Papers Presented at the CEMDA/ITDP International Seminar: Toward the Reform of Transportation and Air Quality Planning—Mexico CityRead MoreInstitutional and Regulatory Options for Delhi’s High Capacity Bus System
May 1, 2004
The Delhi Government has initiated an ambitious program to improve public transit service throughout the metropolitan area. One important element of their sustainable transport program is the Delhi High Capacity Bus System (HCBS). Currently, Delhi’s plans for HCBS focus primarily on the public procurement of modern, larger capacity, low floor buses, and the construction of center- lane bus lanes ...Read MoreUN, WHO Call for Better Policy, Street Design to Reduce Traffic Deaths
May 1, 2004
On April 7, hundreds of events around the world highlighted the need for improved traffic safety, in honor of the World Health Organization’s World Health Day – “Road safety is no accident.” Photo: ITDP gave bicycle safety training during Accra’s WHD celebration The WHO launched a year-long campaign to increase political commitment to improve road safety in response ...Read MoreNew World Bank Handbook on Transport and Air Pollution
May 1, 2004
The newest version of the document should be available on line soon at https://www.cleanairnet.org/cai/1403/article-56396.html. Early versions of the handbook attracted sharp criticism from groups ranging from the Delhi-based Center for Science and Environment to NRDC to the US EPA. The transport sector parts of the document were quite positive, supporting non-motorized transport, bus priority systems, and congestion ...Read MoreASEAN Ministers Endorse Sustainable Transport Policies
May 1, 2004
In December, the Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) formally endorsed a policy statement that includes a host of sustainable transport measures. The ASEAN Secretariat is a regional inter-governmental organization that fosters cooperation in the economic, social, cultural, technical, educational and other fields. Its new transport policy is the strongest statement of its ...Read MoreIraqi Flooded with Cars in Occupation’s Wake
May 1, 2004
Under Saddam Hussein, automobiles carried an import tariff of close to 100%. Combined with little free capital, this led to very low levels of motorization, despite the low price of gasoline. In the 12 months since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, tariffs have not been enforced. This has lead to well over half a billion ...Read MoreInternational Transportation Group Praises New Transport Plan
April 8, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On World Traffic Safety Day, international transportation experts from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) highlighted simple, inexpensive steps to save lives lost in traffic accidents. Over 1.2 million people died from road traffic injuries worldwide in 1998, according to the World Health Organization, which is launching a one-year traffic safety campaign ...Read MoreTraffic Calming Fact Sheet: Designing Streets to Save Lives
April 1, 2004
Streets are much more than thoroughfares for cars and trucks. Particularly in poor neighborhoods, they serve walkers, cyclists, and provide recreational opportunities for children. What’s more, streets are often the most common place for neighbors to meet and converse, providing vital social and civic functions.Read MoreFreewheeling
March 1, 2004
Illustration by Jeff Soto AS WE RIDE UP TO THE FISH FARM, a mob of women crushes against the tall metal gates. They have walked here through suffocating heat and humidity, from mud huts dotting the Western Sahara veldt, carrying tin basins on their heads. Packed together, they are desperate, determined, on the verge of breaking ...Read MoreGuaranteeing Public Education through Bicycles
February 2, 2004
One of the most serious problems of the Colombian educational system is the ever increasing rate of student turnover, stemming among other reasons from the fact that parents cannot afford to pay for their children’s transportation to school. Most of these kids must walk several kilometers every day to get to their schools, as other ...Read More