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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 MoreStreetfilms series: Moving Beyond the Automobile features BRT
March 8, 2011
https://vimeo.com/19806003 This week, the new Streetfilms series ‘Moving Beyond the Automobile’, covers Bus Rapid Transit and features ITDP Board President, Enrique Penalosa, and ITDP Executive Director, Walter Hook. Moving Beyond the Automobile is a ten part video series which explores solutions to the problem of automobile dependency. It’s a visual handbook that will help guide policy makers, advocacy ...Read More300 Cyclists and Surat Mayor Join the Surat Cycle Rally
March 7, 2011
March 07, 2011 On February 27 ITDP and the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) and Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) organized the Surat Cycle Rally: Pedal for a Green Surat, supported by the Surat traffic police and Kendriya Vidyalaya. Surat MP Darshana Jardosh and Mayor Raju Desai addressed the crowd of 300 cyclists and joined ...Read MoreITDP’s Statement on Assault During Critical Mass in Porto Alegre, Brazil
February 28, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY FEBRUARY 28 2011 Contact: Dani Simons dsimons@itdp.org The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy condemns the action of the driver who drove directly into a group of cyclists participating in a Critical Mass ride in Porto Alegre, Brazil this past Friday evening, injuring ten and sending eight to the hospital. Sadly, cyclists and pedestrians face subtler ...Read MoreNew York Commissioners travel to Joburg: We can remake cities using transport
February 28, 2011
The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) hosted New York City Commissioners Janette Sadik-Khan and Amanda Burden last week in a seminar titled ‘New York to Joburg: Remaking Cities using Transport’ also featuring Rehana Moosajee, Member of the Mayoral Committee responsible for Transportation and Lisa Seftel, Executive Director of the Department of Transportation in the City of ...Read MoreMetrobus Ever Closer in Buenos Aires
February 24, 2011
By Samuel Frommer, ITDP Argentina Progress is moving full steam ahead on the construction of Buenos Aires’s new bus rapid transit system, Metrobus. The 12 km (7.5 mi) corridor is expected to open this May,connecting two major train stations on opposite ends of the city, as well as two subway lines. The fully accessible, 21 station ...Read MoreMetrobus Gets Sustainable Award
February 24, 2011
ISTANBUL – Metrobus, a public transit system in Istanbul, received the honorable mention award at the “Sustainable Transportation Awards 2009.” The award, given each year to a city that has provided an innovative transportation strategy, is given by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, or ITDP. The working project should lessen the impact of climate ...Read MoreBuenos Aires Bike Share Rapidly Expanding
February 22, 2011
The City of Buenos Aires’ bike share program opened its newest station last week, bringing the system to nine stations and 200 bicycles. The system launched last December with just 3 stations and 100 bicycles but has quickly expanded. Bicing, as it is commonly referred to, has quickly become very popular in Buenos Aires – ...Read MoreThe future of cities depends on political, not technical, decisions
February 16, 2011
Over 350 people celebrated the opening of Our Cities Ourselves – or Nuestras Ciudades, Nuestro Futuro as it is known in Mexico – earlier this month in Mexico City at the Museo Franz Mayer. The show has been enthusiastically received, with over 80 articles, television spots and radio broadcasts to date, including strong coverage in ...Read MoreGet America’s Transportation Investments Moving Smarter and Faster
February 15, 2011
Today the U.S. House of Representatives heard testimony from leading experts as they prepared to write the next federal transportation bill. ITDP’s Global Policy Director and Founder, Michael Replogle’s testimony outlined steps for Congress to get America’s transportation investments moving smarter and faster: (1) ensure adequate funding for environmental and resource agencies to be involved ...Read MoreITDP’s Written and Oral Testimony to House Highways and Transit Subcommittee
February 15, 2011
The Testimony of Michael Replogle, Global Policy Director and Founder for the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Hearing on Accelerating the Project Delivery Process: Eliminating Bureaucratic Red Tape and Making Every Dollar Count, Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 10:00 ...Read More