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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 MoreGovernance and Sustainable Transport in Changzhou, China
December 13, 2007
The national government of China sets a broad policy framework but does not generally play a direct role in sustainable urban transport policy formulation and implementation at the city level in China. Policy in areas such as public transport, demand management, non-motorized transport, land use, traffic safety and parking are determined largelt at the city ...Read MorePropuesta de Red Ciclista para la Ciudad de Mexico
December 11, 2007
Este texto concretiza las recomendaciones generales establecidas en el documento Promoción del uso de la bicicleta en la Ciudad de México, presentado por Bicitekas en abril de 2007 al Gobierno del Distrito Federal, respecto a una red de movilidad en bicicleta en la Ciudad de México. Para ello, Bicitekas y el Institute for Transportation & Development Policy, se dieron a ...Read MoreUSA & Indonesia: Addressing Climate Change & More
December 8, 2007
The United States and Indonesia: Partners in Addressing Climate Change, Energy Security, and Clean Development. The United States Government is working with partners in Indonesia to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; promote sustainable forest management; improve energy security; support GHG emissions inventories; promote sustainable coral reef management and conservation; and build resiliency to climate change ...Read More2007 Sustainable Transport Magazine Hot Off the Presses
November 29, 2007
This issue features stories about Paris’s Velib bike sharing program, downtown revitalization efforts in Rio de Janeiro, bus rapid transit progress in Guangzhou, trolleybuses in Sao Paulo, a five year reflection on the California Bike project in Africa, and congestion charging efforts in New York City and the U.S. To download your own copy of the ...Read MoreElevated roads shot down by experts
November 20, 2007
Critics said “more roads means more traffic” about Governor Fauzi Bowo’s plan to expand driving space vertically, with elevated roadways stacked one above the other. Experts say difficulty in purchasing land for new roads is behind the plan. Andi Rahmah of the Indonesian Transportation Society said Monday the build-more-roads paradigm was obsolete. “Five years ago, benefits from ...Read MoreRecommendations for Governor Fauzi Bowo on TransJakarta
November 15, 2007
Presentation to Governor Fauzi Bowo on making TransJakarta a world class BRT system Download this presentation Source: ITDP IndonesiaRead MoreJOHANNESBURG MAKEOVER: It’s better by bus
November 9, 2007
Jo’burg believes its new bus system will boost property development. By pulling two levers, Johannesburg is hoping to transform itself. One of them is the city’s modest infrastructure budget. The other an ambitious project to create a world-class public transport system that has to date been noticeably lacking in Jo’burg. Strategic spending sounds like something every council ...Read MoreJOHANNESBURG MAKEOVER: New Light
November 9, 2007
Jo’burg is confident it can remodel itself, backed by private-sector developers. Johannesburg has begun the most dramatic makeover of its 120-year history. A Jo’burg metro project is under way that will see the city spend between R3bn and R4bn a year over the next five years, and generate about R30bn from private-sector property developers. Built around ...Read MoreBusway project gets foreign support
November 8, 2007
Despite the severe traffic congestion it has caused, the busway project is expected to expand, with the city administration having secured support from a foreign transportation institution. Project director from the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) Budi Kuntjoro said Wednesday traffic congestion caused by the construction of busway corridors would be short term and ...Read MoreMore Cars or More Transportation Alternatives: What Will the World Choose?
November 3, 2007
As Tata Motors, one of Asia’s leading automakers, prepares to tap into India’s middle-class market by releasing the “world’s cheapest car” in 2008, other countries with a long history of car dependence are grappling with ways to limit the social, health, and environmental costs of motorized transport. One alternative is so-called bus rapid transit (BRT), which ...Read More