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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 MoreLive From COP15: All Aboard the Climate Express
December 7, 2009
On the morning of December 5, more than 400 “EcoPassengers” boarded the CO2-free Climate Express train in Brussels with the goal of arriving in one of the lowest-carbon possible ways to the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen. Among the passengers were climate change negotiators and observers, business leaders, environmental activists and journalists. ...Read MoreRecomendações para a integração do transporte não motorizado no Corredor T5
November 18, 2009
A fim de atender às necessidades de transporte da Copa do Mundo de 2014 e as Olimpíadas de 2016, no Rio de Janeiro está abraçando BRT. O primeiro projeto para a implementação é a T5 – a 28 km de longo corredor que vai da expansão, afluente, área à beira-mar da Barra da Tijuca por ...Read MoreITDP Brasil: Putting the NMT into BRT in Rio de Janeiro
November 18, 2009
By Jonas Hagen, ITDP In order to meet the transport needs of 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, Rio de Janeiro is embracing BRT. The first project for implementation is the T5 – a 28 km-long corridor that goes from the booming, affluent, seaside area of Barra da Tijuca through working-class neighborhoods where samba ...Read MoreCar Free Sundays: Now in São Paulo
November 18, 2009
By Jonas Hagen, reporting contributed by Helena Orenstein New York, Buenos Aires, and now… São Paulo! Car Free Days are sweeping over the Americas like a brush fire in California. The largest megalopolis in South America, with 20 million residents, is renowned for epic traffic jams and one of the world’s largest helicopter fleets. Beginning a ...Read MoreAhmedabad BRT
November 6, 2009
From the ITDP staff meeting BRT workshop, October 9, 2009, New York City in conjunction with the Walk 2 conference Download this presentation Source: Chris Kost (7 MBs)Read MoreWorld Car Free Day a Success in Rio
October 16, 2009
By Jacqueline Torres “The Marvelous City,” Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, got a little bit more marvelous on World Car Free Day, September 22, 2009, as the municipal government and many residents traded cars for more sustainable transport. Fewer autos on the streets increased mobility throughout the city, as commute times diminished by as much as 40 ...Read MoreRegulation and Design of Motorized & Non-Motorized Two-and-Three-Wheelers in Urban Traffic
October 1, 2009
A growing number of Asian cities are experiencing a rapid rise in the numbers of motorized twowheelers. In many of those cities, these vehicles account for the majority of traffic. This has significant ramifications, both positive and negative, for road safety, congestion, air pollution, economic development, and climate change. This study is a comprehensive review of the best practices in ...Read MoreITDP Joins New Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT)
September 25, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Claudia Gunter, Communications Officer, ITDP, +1 646 839-6479, cgunter@itdp.org ITDP Joins New Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) SLoCaT Calls for Copenhagen Climate Agreement to Tackle Growing Transport Emissions September 25, 2009—A climate change agreement to be reached in Copenhagen must lead to reductions in transport-related greenhouse gas emissions, warns a group of development, ...Read MoreITDP Mexico Launches Transeunte.org
September 25, 2009
In August, ITDP Mexico launched Transeunte.org, a Mexico City-focused blog that aims to be an interactive source of news and analysis on transport, cycling, urban planning, civic culture and public policy. With Transeunte.org, ITDP Mexico hopes to create an online community that will promote the renewal of Mexico City’s streets, making them more livable.Read MoreITDP Brazil Participates in Rio’s Car-Free Day
September 17, 2009
Rio de Janeiro will celebrate International Car Free Day by prohibiting car parking in the city center and in municipal buildings, inaugurating a 30 km per hour zone in Copacabana, and raffling passes to its pilot public bicycle system. Along with local NGO partners and the municipal government, ITDP has been directly involved in the ...Read More