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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 MoreMyCiTi buses start rolling in Cape Town
May 11, 2011
This week Cape Town unveiled the first phase of the MyCiTi bus service, between Table View and the Civic Centre, on its Integrated Rapid Transit System. The new service is already transforming the way residents view buses. The bus is a salve to many who previously dealt with a complicated network of taxis, buses and ...Read MoreUniversities Sign Agreement with City to Promote Bike Use in Buenos Aires
May 10, 2011
As part of the City’s Sustainable Mobility Plan, last week representatives from several major universities met with the Department of Transportation to sign an agreement to promote and facilitate bike use among their students. Andrés Fingeret, Director of ITDP Argentina, and Secretary of Transportation Guillermo Dietrich spoke to the group about the many benefits of using bicycles ...Read MoreThe view from Ulaan Baatar
May 9, 2011
A few years ago it wouldn’t have been uncommon to see people commuting on horseback through downtown Ulaan Bataar (UB), the capital of Mongolia. Most of the city’s residents are no more than a generation or two removed from nomadic life. But UB has been urbanizing rapidly, with 20,000 migrants arriving from the countryside each year. ...Read MoreSaskia Sassen Draws a Crowd in Buenos Aires
May 5, 2011
As part of the Our Cities Ourselves exhibit currently on view in Buenos Aires , Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and Co-Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, spoke about building sustainable cities for a greener future. She stressed the importance of bringing together experts and specialists in various fields and to ...Read MoreDecade of Action for Road Safety
May 5, 2011
The United Nations and World Health Organization are kicking off the Decade of Action for Road Safety this May. Learn more about the initiative or find an event near you.Read MoreOur Cities Ourselves opening gala in Buenos Aires
April 28, 2011
Last night hundreds of people gathered at the Museum of Architecture, MARQ, in Buenos Aires to celebrate the opening of the Our Cities Ourselves (Nuestras ciudades, nuestro futuro) exhibit. Guests included city government officials, students, architects, bicycle advocates, and curious passers-by coming in from the near by bike lane. Andrés Fingeret, director of ITDP Argentina, spoke to the ...Read MoreGuangzhou BRT to be Featured in Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
April 21, 2011
Guangzhou’s Bus Rapid Transit system is featured in “Design with the Other 90%: Cities,” the second in a series of themed exhibitions by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum that demonstrate how design can address the world’s most critical issues, opens Oct. 15 at the United Nations and runs through Jan. 9, 2012. The exhibition will include over 60 ...Read MoreOur Cities Ourselves opens in Buenos Aires
April 20, 2011
Our Cities Ourselves opened today in Buenos Aires at MARQ, the Museo de Arquitectura y Diseño de la Sociedad Central de Arquitectos. The exhibition, organized jointly with the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) and MARQ, first opened in New York in June 2010 and has also been shown in Mexico City and Rio ...Read MoreITDP Mexico at Velo-City 2011
April 18, 2011
Velo-city is an annual conference that brings together over 1000 transportation leaders, experts and advocates from around the globe to discuss how to increase cycling. The 2011 event was held in Seville, Spain during the last week in March. A delegation from ITDP’s Mexico office shared their experiences and lessoned learned from the political to ...Read MoreNew Book: Urban Transport in the Developing World
April 17, 2011
ITDP staff, including Executive Director Dr. Walter Hook, Michael Replogle, Global Policy Director and Founder, and John Ernst, Vice Director, South East Asia have contributed chapters to Urban Transport in the Developing World: A Handbook of Policy and Practice. This twenty chapter guide provides “a broad set of perspectives on the plight, possibilities and opportunities of ...Read More