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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 MorePolly Trottenberg to give keynote address at Sustainable Transport Award Ceremony
January 21, 2011
Polly Trottenberg, Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, US Department of Transportation, will deliver the keynote address at the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award ceremony on Monday, January 24th. Her presence underlines the growing importance of the award, as more and more cities worldwide demonstrate innovation in transport planning and delivery. Enrique Peñalosa, President of ITDP and former ...Read MoreManual and Sketch Models for Calculating GHG Benefits Now Online
January 20, 2011
A manual for calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits for GEF transportation projects was presented by the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) at the 39th GEF Council in November 2010 (GEF/C.39/Inf.16) and has now been posted on the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) website. This is a work prepared ...Read MoreSustainable Transport Award cities: Nantes
January 20, 2011
From public bike systems to BRT to integrated mass transit solutions – all of the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award-nominated cities are exemplars in implementing integrated transport solutions. Over the next week, we will cover profiles of the nominated cities – Guangzhou, León, Lima, Nantes, Tehran – culminating in the presentation of the Sustainable Transport Award ...Read MoreSustainable Transport Award cities: Lima
January 19, 2011
From public bike systems to BRT to integrated mass transit solutions – all of the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award-nominated cities are exemplars in implementing integrated transport solutions. Over the next week, we will cover profiles of the nominated cities – Guangzhou, León, Lima, Nantes, Tehran – culminating in the presentation of the Sustainable Transport Award ...Read MoreEUROPEAN PARKING U-TURN REAPS REWARDS: IDEAS FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD
January 19, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19TH 2011 Media enquiries: Michael Kodransky 646 380 2346 mkodranksy@itdp.org Dani Simons 646-380-2348 dsimons@itdp.org or Stephanie Lotshaw 310 567 3484 slotshaw@itdp.org EUROPEAN PARKING U-TURN REAPS REWARDS: IDEAS FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD European cities lead the way in influencing travel behavior through parking reforms January 19, 2011, NYC: European cities are reaping the rewards of innovative parking policies, including ...Read MoreSustainable Transport Award cities: León
January 18, 2011
From public bike systems to BRT to integrated mass transit solutions – all of the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award-nominated cities are exemplars in implementing integrated transport solutions. Over the next week, we will cover profiles of the nominated cities – Guangzhou, León, Lima, Nantes, Tehran – culminating in the presentation of the Sustainable Transport Award ...Read MoreEurope’s Parking U-Turn: From Accommodation to Regulation
January 18, 2011
This paper is the second in a series of policy papers from ITDP on parking. The first paper, released in Spring 2010, focused on successful parking practices in U.S. cities. This paper reviews successful parking practices in European cities. Parking management is a critical and often overlooked tool for achieving a variety of social goals. For much ...Read MoreGlobal Energy Basel
January 17, 2011
By Bradley Schroeder There are two ways to evaluate a conference. First is by the number of attendees; the amount of mindless masses you can get into a room who are answering emails or Skypeing with friends instead of paying attention to the guy who probably just finished his presentation 5 minutes before the session. This ...Read MoreSustainable Transport Award cities: Guangzhou
January 13, 2011
From public bike systems to BRT to integrated mass transit solutions – all of the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award-nominated cities are exemplars in implementing integrated transport solutions. Over the next week, we will cover profiles of the nominated cities – Guangzhou, León, Lima, Nantes, and Tehran – leading up to the presentation of the Sustainable ...Read MoreNominees for the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award announced
January 7, 2011
The nominees for the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award span the globe, from Lima to Guangzhou, Leon to Tehran, and the winner will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on Monday, January 24th at the Hilton Washington in Washington DC, coinciding with the 2011 Transport Research Board Annual Meeting. A consistent theme across all the nominee cities ...Read More