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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 MoreJOHANNESBURG MAKEOVER: The big spend begins
November 3, 2007
With Johannesburg planning its multi-billion-rand overhaul over the next decade, the need to boost essential infrastructure services has become even more urgent. As one of the host cities for the 2010 soccer World Cup, the city has earmarked about R1,7bn in investments over the next three years. The longer-term planning to match bulk water, power and ...Read MoreBicycle industry eyes urban market
November 1, 2007
NEW DELHI: If car manufacturers are flooding the market with luxury brands, why should the bicycle industry lag behind? Bicycle companies in India are now focusing on urban markets and are looking to expand their base in the professional and adventure categories. The bicycle business is flourishing worldwide with the poor and the moneyed classes alike ...Read MoreEco-friendly vehicles crushed under motor wheels
October 25, 2007
India has missed a golden opportunity to promote human powered vehicles which would keep the cities clean and give gainful employment to millions. Without doubt, there is space and scope for integrating the cycle rickshaw into the urban transport plan. Banning rickshaws on the pretext of congestion on city streets is unreasonable; cars and auto rickshaws ...Read MoreRallyists pedal through Lutyens’ Delhi to promote a safer, pollution-free Capital
October 21, 2007
Around 35 participants rode through Lutyens’ Delhi to promote the bicycle as an alternate zero-pollution, healthy, low-cost and sustainable mode of transportation. Enthusiastic cyclists from the entire NCR region rallied through the 13-kilometer stretch, which included iconic Lutyen’s creations such as the Rashtrapati Bhawan, Parliament Street and Connaught Place. “The youngest member was 15 years old, and ...Read MoreENVIRONMENT: Biofuels – Great Green Hope or Swindle
October 20, 2007
A raft of new studies reveal European and American multibillion dollar support for biofuels is unsustainable, environmentally destructive and much more about subsidising agri-business corporations than combating global warming. Not only do most forms of biofuel production do little to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, growing biofuel crops uses up precious water resources, increasing the size and ...Read MoreIndustry Group Brings Bikes to Poor
October 17, 2007
Not everyone was searching out the latest and greatest bicycle products as the doors to the Sands Expo Halls opened yesterday. More than 70 people spent the first 90 minutes of the first show day hearing from six organizations that promote bikes as a way to increase access to healthcare, education and jobs for the ...Read MoreCall Army, say city’s residents
October 9, 2007
When nothing else works, call the Army. That’s the measure of Delhi’s frustration with the city’s private bus service (read Bluelines). Prashant Yadav, a student, says: “Blueline buses do not deserve to be on the road. The government is incapable of bringing an alternative soon. The only way out is to call the Army and ...Read MoreITDP Interbike Presentation 2007
October 1, 2007
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September 12, 2007
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September 6, 2007
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