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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 Scores in Brazil for 2014 World Cup
February 22, 2010
by Jonas Hagen, ITDP Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) was a big winner on 13 January 2010, when Brazil’s federal government announced the large urban transportation projects that it will finance for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Marcio Fortes, Minister of the Ministry of Cities, said the federal government was funding projects that could be implemented in ...Read MoreJohannesburg BRT in The New York Times
February 22, 2010
On February 22, 2010, The New York Times ran an article exploring the ways that Johannesburg, South Africa’s new bus rapid transit system has brought economic opportunity to some of the city’s poorest and most disadvantaged residents. In doing so, the new transit system has challenged entrenched interests in a country with a long history of racial ...Read MoreMetro and Public Bicycle Wins Rio de Janerio’s Commuter Challenge
January 22, 2010
By Jonas Hagen, ITDP Brazilian NGO Transporte Ativo organized a commuter challenge on September 10, 2009, to determine the fastest travel modes for city residents in Rio de Janeiro. This year, a combination of riding the metro and public bicycle allowed commuters to arrive most quickly to their final destination, with the combination of metro and ...Read MoreGuangzhou BRT System Opening February 2010
January 22, 2010
The Guangzhou, China, bus rapid transit (BRT) system is slated to open in February 2010. The Guangzhou BRT system is perhaps the most well-known and high profile urban project in Guangzhou’s history, and has outstanding demonstration potential for other Chinese cities. It is the first truly high capacity, ‘metro-replacement’ BRT system in Asia, with projected ...Read MoreBuilding a More Bike-Friendly Rio for the Olympics
January 22, 2010
By Jonas Hagen Rio de Janeiro will host the summer Olympics in 2016, and if the city uses this opportunity, sports fans from around the world will be able to get around the city using one of the most efficient, sustainable, and people-friendly transport modes: the bicycle. To help show that there is already a huge demand ...Read MoreAfter Copenhagen: What Role for Transportation in Global Climate Policy?
January 21, 2010
by Michael Replogle, ITDP The science remains unequivocal. Humans need to take rapid action to slow global warming that is caused by our burning of fossil fuels, or face a climate catastrophe. Although disappointing and lacking in global scope, the accord from the December Copenhagen climate meeting laid a foundation for future progress on comprehensive binding limits ...Read MorePeople-oriented Planning: Gehl Architects in Rio de Janeiro
January 21, 2010
Creating spaces where the young and elderly can interact freely, cities where people can walk and cycle without risking their lives—is what David Sims of Gehl Architects and the Colombian architect Lorenzo Castro proposed to planners in Rio de Janeiro during a three-day workshop, from November 4-6, 2009. Gehl Architects came to Rio de Janeiro ...Read MoreHarbin NMT Report – 哈尔滨道里中心区 慢行交通系统报告
January 15, 2010
慢行交通（Non‐motorized Traffic）通常指步行和非机动车交通。从可达性来说，不管交通 如何发达，每次出行的始、终，最终都需慢行交通来承担，这是一种可达性最好的出行方 式。慢行交通系统在完善与提升城市空间功能，提高居民生活品质方面具有重要作用。目前，慢行交通在交通系统中占有很大的比重，随着未来生活品质的不断提升、绿色出行理念的普及和城市出行方式的改变，人们对慢行交通系统的要求将会越来越高，慢行交通系统在城市交通体系中也将变得越来越重要。 一个优秀慢行交通系统，应具有方便、自由、舒适、安全、连续和持续六个方面的功能，不但可以满足人们生产生活的需要，保障行人的出行需求和安全，还应尽量提供更加舒适 的出行环境，营造良好的城市人文环境。由于以往对慢行交通的重视不够，尽管慢行交通 对道路的条件要求最低，但是同全国大多数城市一样，目前哈尔滨慢行交通系统存在着一些问题，给行人出行带来不便的同时也降低了城市的吸引力和宜居性。Read MoreAhmedabad Wins 2010 Sustainable Transport Award
January 13, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Claudia Gunter, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (646) 839-6479, cgunter@itdp.org Ahmedabad’s Janmarg Bus Rapid Transit System Reduces Carbon Emissions, Dramatically Improves Residents Access Cities in Developing World Dominate Award Washington, D.C., January 12, 2010—The developing world is leapfrogging developed countries when it comes to urban transport, with the city of Ahmedabad, India, today announced as ...Read MoreGuangzhou: Year of the Transit Tiger (Issue 22, 2010)
January 1, 2010
Letter from the Executive Director: From Best Practice to Paradigm Change • Better Parking, Better Streets: How European Cities are Taking Control of Their Traffic Trouble • Year of the Tiger in Guangzhou • Back to the Future: Reinventing Modernism for the Developing World • Off the Rails: BRT in the USA • 10 Principles ...Read More