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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 MoreBuses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities (New York Times)
July 9, 2009
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Like most thoroughfares in booming cities of the developing world, Bogotá’s Seventh Avenue resembles a noisy, exhaust-coated parking lot — a gluey tangle of cars and the rickety, smoke-puffing private minibuses that have long provided transportation for the masses. But a few blocks away, sleek red vehicles full of commuters speed down the ...Read MoreEnrique Peñalosa Urges San Francisco to Embrace Pedestrians and Public Space
July 8, 2009
Celebrated Colombian urbanist and former mayor of Bogotá Enrique Peñalosa told a standing room audience of more than one hundred people at the San Francisco Public Library last night that San Francisco can be friendly to cars or to people, but not both. Further, he argued that there is no fundamental technical reason why streets ...Read MorePublic Transit Loses to Polluters in Climate Bill Subsidies
July 8, 2009
As Senate lawmakers launch new efforts to curb the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, some key members have joined local transportation officials and environmentalists to ask a seemingly relevant question: Where’s the commitment to public transit? House lawmakers last month passed a proposal designed to tackle climate change by creating a cap-and-trade system to limit greenhouse emissions ...Read MoreWhen Walkers Took Over CG Road in Ahmedabad
July 6, 2009
Six-year-old Rashmi walked up to the podium, set up close to CG Road, and broke into an impromptu jig. As a singer belted out Bollywood number Hum to aise hai bhaiya’, the girl danced, with a huge audience cheering her on. CG Road was more like carnival road on Sunday. The car-free day, organised by Ahmedabad ...Read MoreJaywalkers Had A Blast On CG Road in Ahmedabad
July 6, 2009
There wasn’t anything unusual this Sunday, except that all roads led to the CG Road which was, for a change, transformed into a walkers’ paradise, thanks to city’s traffic police department, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and aProach, an NGO, which decided to make a part of the city not only think green, but act ...Read Moreએક રવિવાર રોડ સેફટી કે નામ…[in Gujarati]
July 6, 2009
બાળકો મુકત રીતે રમી શકે તે માટે એક દિવસ માટે સીજી રોડને ટ્રાફિક ફ્રી કરાયો શેરી નાટક-ડાન્સના કાર્યક્રમ નાગરિકો અને બાળકોમાં રોડ સેફિ્ટ અંગે જાગૃતિ લાવવા ટ્રાફિક વિભાગ અને મ્યુનિસિપલ કોર્પોરેશન દ્વારા સીજી રોડ પર કાર્યક્રમ ‘અ વોકર્સ પેરેડાઇઝ’નું આયોજન કરવામાં આવ્યું હતું. તે અંતર્ગત શેરી નાટક, ડાન્સ અને પોલીસ બેન્ડ સહિત સંગીતના કાર્યક્રમો જોવા શહેરીજનો મોટી ...Read MoreHigh Court Relief For Cycle Rickshaw Pullers in Dehli
July 3, 2009
The Delhi High Court has restrained the Municipal Corporation of Delhi from taking any punitive action against unlicensed rickshaw pullers driving licensed cycle rickshaws in the Capital. The Court said in the order that no licensed rickshaw being driven by an unlicensed rickshaw-puller would be challaned, seized or impounded by the MCD solely on the ...Read MoreParking Fees in Jakarta the Second Lowest Worldwide
July 3, 2009
The latest annual survey on parking fees in central business districts worldwide has revealed that Jakarta is the second-cheapest city to park a car. According to the 2009 Global CBD Parking Rate Survey, conducted by property consultant Colliers International and released on its official website last week, Jakarta’s average monthly parking fee is US$27.20, higher only ...Read MoreCity to Procure Buses for Corridors 9 and 10 in Jakarta
July 2, 2009
The city administration will allocate part of its budget to buying a fleet of Transjakarta Busway buses for corridors 9 and 10. Deputy Governor Prijanto said Thursday the administration would propose Rp 75 billion (US$7.3 million) from this year’s revised budget as a down payment for the purchase, and to continue the procurement process in the ...Read MoreContagem de Ciclistas na nova Rota Cicloviária
June 30, 2009
Esquina das ruas Rodolfo Dantas com Ministro Viveiros de Castro Copacabana – Rio de Janeiro (Cyclist Counts in Rio & Copacabana on Rodolfo Dantas Ruas)Read More