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[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 MoreAfrican Bicycle Ambulances Are Making a Difference
April 16, 2008
For most of us an emergency trip to a health facility is a matter of dialing 911 or having a family member drive us. However, for most rural Africans, a medical emergency is something altogether more serious. Many face long distances to health facilities. Family members are unlikely to own a bicycle, let alone a ...Read MoreCongestion Pricing Hits Dead End in Albany
April 7, 2008
Lawmakers in Albany rejected a proposal yesterday to charge Manhattan motorists an extra fee to drive in the city, a plan advocates hoped would reduce traffic and curb pollution. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced the decision after a survey of Democratic Assembly members in a private conference. The decision means the city will forfeit $354 million ...Read MoreActivists Break from Huddle After Congestion Pricing Defeat
April 7, 2008
(Paul White, Transportation Alternatives) Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan has flat-lined, but transportation advocacy groups said that dealing with congestion and traffic remains imperative at the city level. The Straphangers Campaign said they are “sorely disappointed” the plan to charge drivers below 60th Street an $8 fee during peak traffic hours will not be adopted, but said ...Read MorePoor road development practices drive congestion
March 11, 2008
A traffic pile-up on Waterloo Road, St Andrew. Poor development practices have been cited as the main contributing factor to traffic congestion in the city. Source: Andrew Smith/Photography Editor Two United States-based civil engineers are recommending that Government move urgently to urbanise Portmore and institute pedestrian precincts in sections of Kingston in order to lessen traffic ...Read MoreGovt gives TransJakarta exclusive lanes (again)
March 8, 2008
After months of review, the Jakarta administration will return the busway lanes exclusively to TransJakarta buses beginning Monday. Governor Fauzi Bowo said Thursday the administration would ban all other motorists from using the seven busway corridors. “Motorists will not be allowed to use busway lanes because the lanes were originally designed only for busway buses,” he said ...Read MoreGuatemala City’s STA 2008 Presentation
March 3, 2008
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March 3, 2008
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February 27, 2008
The Jakarta governor says his administration is still studying whether a counterflow system along busway lanes could reduce the city’s traffic. “We will evaluate the counterflow policy but I want everything to be coordinated. All lanes should be guarded, if necessary,” Governor Fauzi Bowo said Monday morning. The counterflow proposal, which would allow the busway to ...Read MoreBuenos Aires to Implement a Vélib-style Bicycle Transit System
February 26, 2008
The Buenos Aires City Council took a positive step towards becoming a more sustainable city by approving legislation to create a public bicycle transport system. Replicating the Vélib system in Paris, which was awarded with the 2008 Sustainable Transport Award, the law establishes a city-wide bicycle rental system that also provides strategically-located bike stations. ...Read MoreOn PARK(ing) Day, People Demand More Parks, Less Parking
February 25, 2008
On September 21, 2007, people in 47 cities transformed parking spots into over 180 small parks during an annual global event called PARK(ing) Day. By thinking of metered parking spaces as short term, inexpensive leasing of the space, PARK(ing) Day takes those parking spots and turns them into public spaces. These passive places where cars ...Read More