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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 MoreThe Future of Cycling in Mexico City
August 1, 2011
On July 28th David Byrne brought the “Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Mobility” tour to Mexico City. For the final night of the tour and book launch for the Spanish language edition of Bicycle Diaries, the singer and ITDP Mexico rounded up a powerful team of government officials, urban planners and advocates, who had a ...Read MoreThe Cycling Revolution is Here to Stay
July 27, 2011
Over 500 people crowded into the Roxy in Guadalajara, Mexico on July 26th to hear David Byrne and local politicians and government officials talk about the future of cycling. This was the seventh stop of the Cities, Bicycles and the Future of the Mobility Tour around Latin America organized by ITDP and David Byrne. Hector Vielma, Municipal President ...Read MoreNew Report Shines Light on Asia’s Best (and worst) Parking Policies
July 27, 2011
The Asian Development Bank released a new report this month, Parking Policy in Asian Cities, authored by Paul Barter, with research assistance from ITDP staff from India and China. The report finds that while many Asian cities fear shortages of parking supply, in fact supply would be sufficient if better parking management policies where in place and ...Read MoreITDP signs a MOU with Government of Querétaro
July 22, 2011
On July 20, 2011, the Government of the State of Querétaro and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the modernization of public transport in the metropolitan area of Querétaro, a city of 1.1 million and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which include the municipalities of Huimilpan, Queretaro Corregidor ...Read MoreCities, Bicycles and the future of Mobility tour rolls on to Lima, Perú
July 22, 2011
‘Cities, Bicycles and the future of Mobility” tour rolled on yesterday to Lima, Perú. Lima has developed rapidly since the 1950s, Lima into a city with a dense network of roads and freeways. In 2010, Perú issued a new national level policy that gave priority to biking legislation and promoted the creation of bicycle infrastructure. On July 19, ...Read MoreDavid Byrne brings a crowd in Chile, the third stop of the Cities, Bicycles and Mobility tour
July 19, 2011
The third stop of the Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Mobility’ tour took place at the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center in Santiago, Chile. After David Byrne presented his observations of cycling conditions in different cities around the world, Claudio Olivares, local cycling activist and author of popular Chilean blog Arriba la Chancha, talked about the various benefits ...Read MoreThe Cities, Bicycles and Mobility tour stops in Buenos Aires
July 18, 2011
David Byrne was in Buenos Aires yesterday, his second of nine stops on the Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Mobility tour. The day began with a mid-morning event attended by city officials and non-profit groups,where eight organizations, including Greenpeace Argentina and FARN, signed a letter calling on the City to dedicate at least 5% of the city’s ...Read MoreNominate a City for the 2012 Sustainable Transport Awards
July 13, 2011
The 8th annual Sustainable Transport Awards are accepting nominations. This is the first year that we’ve asked the public to contribute their ideas on which cities are doing the best job at making their transportation systems greener, safer and friendlier to cyclists and pedestrians. The STAs are presented in January in Washington, D.C. and recognize cities ...Read MoreDavid Byrne and ITDP kick off tour in São Paulo
July 13, 2011
Over 700 people filled a packed theater in São Paulo last night for the first stop on the 9-city “Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Mobility” tour with legendary artist and musician, David Byrne, and ITDP. Activities for the forum started earlier in the day, when a group of around 30 cyclists, including the Secretary for ...Read MoreCities, Bicycles and the Future of Mobility
July 7, 2011
This month ITDP joins forces with legendary artist and musician, David Byrne, on an 18-day, 9-city tour, to raise awareness about the need for sustainable transportation options for Latin American cities. In each city Byrne will take the stage with a local leader, a cycling advocate and an urban planner for a lively discussion of ...Read More