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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 MoreITDP India Featured in Rethinking The Automobile Video by Streetfilms
May 17, 2012
https://vimeo.com/42222882 Mark Gorton’s “Rethinking the Automobile Talk Tours India” documents the Streetfilms co-founder’s week-long tour, organized by ITDP India, through Delhi, Chennai and Ahmedabad. The video features ITDP’s Pratik Dave and Shreya Gadepallli, as well as Ahmedabad’s world-class Bus Rapid Transit system. Mark spoke with Indian business leaders and NGOs to share lessons learned from the Livable ...Read MoreCEO Walter Hook Speaks on Urban Mobility in Mexico City
May 11, 2012
On May 8th, ITDP CEO Walter Hook addressed the largest real estate conference in Mexico City on best practices in urban mobility, zoning, and parking management. Mexico City has seen a startling 95 percent increase in car use over the last decade, due to poor transportation policy and zoning regulation that has encouraged sprawl and given ...Read MoreSan Francisco: Reclaiming Streets with Innovative Solutions
April 30, 2012
https://vimeo.com/40686130 Streetfilms’ new video, created in partnership with ITDP, showcases San Francisco’s new sustainable transportation measures that earned the recognition of the sustainable transport award committee. These include the parklet program, which converts parking spaces into people spaces in the form of mini-parks adopted by local businesses and has its roots in Park(ing) Day, the annual ...Read MoreITDP Brings Intermodal Station Planning to Rio
April 18, 2012
Urban Renovation and Intermodal Stations were the themes covered by ITDP consultant and architect Oren Tatcher, who was in Rio during the week of April 9th for meetings with the Municipal Secretary of Transport. Oren came to Rio to develop proposals for intermodal stations for the city in the first of a series of visits ...Read MoreA New Roadmap for Global Sustainable Transport
April 13, 2012
A new roadmap for global sustainable transport is included as part of the 2012 State of the World report, released yesterday by Worldwatch Institute and Island Press. ITDP Global Policy Director and founder, Michael Replogle, and ITDP policy analyst, Colin Hughes, co-authored the report’s chapter on sustainable transportation. They were panelists at a Washington DC symposium releasing ...Read MoreState of the World 2012: Moving Toward Sustainable Transport
April 12, 2012
To promote the discussion of sustainable transit in advance of the Rio+20 Conference, this paper provides an analysis of the role of transport as a contributor to global climate concerns and as an opportunity to reduce emissions through a shift toward sustainable transport options. In the next 20 years the world will see massive growth in demand for ...Read MoreNew Rapid-Response Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Analysis and Design Tool Available
April 10, 2012
A new release of the free-of-charge rapid response tool suite, the Transport Emissions Evaluation Models for Projects (TEEMP), is now available online to support transport project evaluation. The new release has enhanced features especially for BRT planning and analysis. Across the developing world, city leaders and professionals are advancing Bus Rapid Transit as one of the most cost-effective ...Read MoreMedellín: A Leader in Sustainable Transport
April 3, 2012
https://vimeo.com/39704761 Once mired with problems of citizen safety and public order, Medellín city is now becoming famous for its innovative sustainable transport. Plagued by urban warfare in the 1980s and 1990s, the city’s recent efforts to improve public transport, create better public spaces, and improve safety have transformed the city. To highlight these best practices, Streetfilms, ...Read MoreMexico City inaugurates Line 4 of Metrobus BRT
April 2, 2012
Line 4 of Mexico City’s Metrobus opened yesterday, April 1, 2012, with an inauguration by Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, connecting the historic city center to the airport. Unlike many BRTs in Latin America, the route passes through the historic center, running on two major north/south axes along Republica de Venezuela and Heroe de Nacozari in the north ...Read MoreITDP leads UNCSD Side Event on Sustainable Transport
March 30, 2012
ITDP’s Global Policy Director, Michael Replogle, discussed transport’s role in advancing a green economy within the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication at an inter-sessional preparatory meeting of UN Conference on Sustainable Development in advance of the Rio+20 global conference in June, 2012. He was joined by Holger Dalkman, director of EMBARQ, Cornie Huizenga, ...Read More