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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 MoreSan Francisco and Medellin win the 2012 Sustainable Transport Award
January 25, 2012
San Francisco, USA and Medellin, Colombia were declared the winners of the 8th annual Sustainable Transport Award. This year’s slate of nominees is unique in that the two winners, and the two honorable mentions – Cape Town and Buenos Aires – showcase a breadth of interventions that put citizens first. Each city is also a ...Read MoreSustainable Transport Award cities: Buenos Aires
January 23, 2012
From integrated transit systems to innovative parking solutions – all of the 2012 Sustainable Transport Award-nominated cities are exemplars in implementing integrated transport solutions. Over the next week, we will cover profiles of the nominated cities – Medellín, San Francisco, Cape Town, and Buenos Aires – culminating in the presentation of the Sustainable Transport Award ...Read MoreSustainable Transport Award cities: San Francisco
January 20, 2012
From integrated transit systems to innovative parking solutions – all of the 2012 Sustainable Transport Award-nominated cities are exemplars in implementing integrated transport solutions. Over the next week, we will cover profiles of the nominated cities – Medellín, San Francisco, Cape Town, and Buenos Aires – culminating in the presentation of the Sustainable Transport Award ...Read MoreSustainable Transport Award cities: Cape Town
January 19, 2012
Cape Town, South Africa is a 2012 nominee for the opening of its first BRT corridor and its integration with cycling as a first step in using transportation to increase inclusivity and accessibility. The My CiTi system opened, in an area of the city without much mass transit investment, with a 16 km corridor and ...Read MoreSustainable Transport Award cities: Medellín
January 18, 2012
From integrated transit systems to innovative parking solutions – all of the 2012 Sustainable Transport Award-nominated cities are exemplars in implementing integrated transport solutions. Over the next week, we will cover profiles of the nominated cities – Medellín, San Francisco, Cape Town, and Buenos Aires – culminating in the presentation of the Sustainable Transport Award ...Read MoreTransport for Sustainable Development: COP17 helps move the agenda forward
January 5, 2012
When the 17th COP in Durban, South Africa ended last month, the future of climate change legislation was looking up. Not only did all the signatories to Kyoto (including the U.S. for a historic first time ever) agree to forge a treaty by 2015 to bring all countries under a legally binding emissions reduction agreement ...Read MoreSan Francisco Knows How to Park It (Issue 23, 2012)
January 1, 2012
Letter from the CEO: Strange Weather, Changing Streets, Stormy Relations • Tehran’s Transport Turnaround • Buenos Aires Tangos Towards Sustainability • Going for the Gold: Introducing the BRT Standard • Finding Atlantis: Cape Town Reconnects • Parking: A Bad Romance • SFpark: San Francisco Knows How to Park It • Our Cities Ourselves Goes Global ...Read MoreBetter Streets, Better Cities
December 22, 2011
Better Streets, Better Cities: a Guide to Street Design in Urban India illustrates ways that good design can help create safer streets and more livable public spaces. The guide was prepared by ITDP in collaboration with the Ahmedabad-based Environmental Planning Collaborative. Current street design practice in India is often based on a vision of high-speed motorized ...Read MoreAhmedabad’s Janmarg wins national award for “Best Intelligent Transport System Project”
December 21, 2011
Ahmedabad’s two-year-old bus rapid transit (BRT) system, known as Janmarg, earned one more national award during the fourth annual Urban Mobility India (UMI) conference held in New Delhi. India’s Ministry of Urban Development recognized Janmarg as the “Best Intelligent Transport System Project.” The Janmarg BRT has won six national and international awards in the system’s ...Read MoreNicky Gavron, James Corner and China Mayor’s Association discuss sustainable transit at OCO summit
December 19, 2011
Nicky Gavron, former Deputy Mayor of London, told a packed room at the China Real Estate Guide (REG) Summit, how London had unwittingly followed ITDP’s ‘Our Cities Ourselves’ principles for transport in urban life to turn “the dirty old man of Europe” into a city that has achieved the world’s fastest shift from the private ...Read More