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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 MoreBRT Development is Big News in Buenos Aires
April 19, 2010
by Amalia Holub In an interview for Radio El Mundo, ITDP Argentina Country Director, Andrés Fingeret, speaks about the first BRT corridor in Buenos Aires. This first route is under construction along Juan B. Justo Avenue and is scheduled to open before the end of 2010. The system will include the common BRT characteristics, such as ...Read MoreITDP Wins Bid for Phases 2 and 3 of Buenos Aires BRT System
April 12, 2010
By Amalia Holub, ITDP Argentina The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), LOGIT, GSD+ and IRV have been selected as the team to develop the second and third phases of the BRT system in Buenos Aires. ITDP was involved in the first phase by leading a world-class team for the planning and development of the ...Read MoreITDP on Improving Bus Transit in Chennai
April 12, 2010
ITDP India Senior Program Director Shreya Gadepalli was recently interviewed in the Times of India about creating better bus transit in Chennai. “Though Chennai has one of the country’s better bus networks, commuters say there are not enough services to the outlying hubs. “Good public transit systems like BRTS and metro rail can provide high-quality, rapid ...Read MoreITDP Hosts Bicycle Photo Exhibition in Colombia
April 9, 2010
by Andres Jara, ITDP An exhibition of bicycle photographs entitled “Moviliza -T: Oxigena el Planeta,” (Move: Oxygenize the Planet) launched at Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogotá, Colombia, with the support of the IDTP regional office on March 24. The exhibition, which includes a range of images from Beijing to Bogotá,. was put together to promote ...Read MoreITDP at UN Habitat World Urban Forum
March 29, 2010
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) presented at two events during the biannual World Urban Forum organized by UN Habitat in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The World Urban Forum is considered the premier conference on cities. The Forum was established by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing problems facing ...Read MoreBuenos Aires Celebrates New Northern Bikeway
March 29, 2010
by Amalia Holub, ITDP Argentina The Buenos Aires city government inaugurated its new bicycle route with much celebration. The Northern Bikeway connects Plaza Italia in the neighborhood of Palermo with the central Retiro transportation hub. A crowd of government representatives from various departments, ITDP and other non-profit organizations, and local bicycle advocates all gathered for the ...Read MoreITDP Holds Audit And Management Training For Transjakarta Operators
March 23, 2010
From BERITAJAKARTA.COM — 3/23/2010 In a bid to improve the service quality of Transjakarta or commonly known as busway, Indonesian Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) in cooperation with Transjakarta Management Body (BLU), PT Inresh Indonesia, and the Association of Indonesian Safety Expert (IAKKI) held Tuesday (3/23) an audit and training of Safety Management System ...Read MoreImproving Guadalajara’s Bicycle Networks
March 23, 2010
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy emphasizes development models that favor a more compact and competitive city From El Informador, Guadalajara, Mexico, March 22, 2010 Jesus Sanchez, transport specialist and director of non-motorized mobility initiatives comments on ways that the city of Guadalajara can improve transport for metropolitan area inhabitants with a network of bikeways and pedestrian ...Read MoreNew Life for Jakarta’s Old Town
March 23, 2010
By Ratna Yunita, ITDP Jakarta is a metropolitan city where for the last ten years development has increased very rapidly. Skyscrapers with modern architecture are found in almost every corner of the city nowadays. But there is a noble historic revitalization project underway at the historical site of Oud Batavia or Old Town. Oud Batavia is situated in the ...Read MoreBus Rapid Transit Comes to Buenos Aires
March 22, 2010
By Amalia Holub, ITDP The first BRT line in Buenos Aires will soon be running along Juan B. Justo Avenue. Construction has been completed along 60 percent of the route and operation is expected to begin before the end of the year. The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy led the process of demand analysis, calculation ...Read More