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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 MoreRevitalizing São Paulo’s City Center (Issue 18, 2006)
September 1, 2006
Letter from the Executive Director: Discovering Magic in the Cities of Tomorrow • The Bicycle: Ready for Rollout in Brazil • Now “Made in China”: Bus Rapid Transit • South Africa’s Legacy or Lost Opportunity?: The 2010 World Cup and Beyond • The BRT Buzz in India • City Center Revitalization: Tapping São Paulo’s Global ...Read MoreClinton Foundation and ITDP Establish Partnership to Fight Global Warming
August 23, 2006
Photo: President Clinton (center) announces the Clinton Climate Initiative at UCLA. He was joined by (from left) Mayor Ken Livingstone of London, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco. (Source: Dan Avila for the Clinton Foundation) “It no longer makes sense for us to debate ...Read MoreCentre okays Ahmedabad’s ambitious BRTS project
August 15, 2006
The first phase is 12 kms from RTO circle to Pirana bridge. It is routed through Shivranjani cross roads, Nehrunagar, Shreyas crossing and Vasna. Under the project aimed at providing better public transportation there will be special lanes for buses. There will be modern bus stops, special low floor CNG buses and electronic ticketing system. There ...Read MoreJakarta Plans Massive Elevated Toll Road Expansion
July 1, 2006
The projects, which would cost Rp 23 trillion, or Rp 270 billion per kilometer (approximately $18,056,250 per mile), were offered to investors at last year’s Infrastructure Summit in Jakarta. The projects have received some criticism, however. “The new inner-city turnpikes will only benefit private car owners,” said Firdaus Cahyadi of the Jakarta Environmental Caucus. According to ...Read MoreBikeTown comes to Botswana
July 1, 2006
Bike Town, a bicycle donation program originally started by Bicycling Magazine for American communities, has launched its first African initiative. The BikeTown Africa program began in Botswana the last week in May through joint efforts between Bicycling Magazine, Kona Bicycles, Bristol Myers Squibb’s Secure the Future Foundation and ITDP. BoCap (Gaberone) and the Bobirwa ARV ...Read MoreRickshaws in the new millennium
July 1, 2006
But at a time when the west is looking for such sustainable solutions, most Asian governments are ignoring them, and still worse trying to discard them. Rather than improving the cycle rickshaws, they are attempting to eliminate them in a false hope of creating a more “developed” way of living. Rickshaws have been banned in many ...Read MoreMexico City’s MetroBus Celebrates Its First Birthday
July 1, 2006
June marked the one year anniversary of MetroBus, Mexico City’s Bus Rapid Transit system. The occasion was celebrated with a city government event and a photographic exposition titled, “One Year in the Right Direction”. MetroBus transports an average of 250,000 passengers a day during the week through 36 stations on Insurgentes Avenue, the city’s longest street. The ...Read MoreFormer Mayor of Bogotá Named ITDP Senior Fellow
July 1, 2006
“ITDP is honored to have Mr. Peñalosa join us as a Senior Fellow,” said ITDP Executive Director Walter Hook. “Enrique Peñalosa’s transformation of the city of Bogotá from a nightmare of traffic congestion to one of the world’s most livable cities has made him an inspiration for leaders around the world. ITDP has never had ...Read MoreChina to Remain a ‘Kingdom of Bicycles’?
July 1, 2006
China back on the bicycle bandwagon? There are signs that China, faced with energy shortages as well as worsening congestion and air pollution, is turning its attention back to encouraging cycling in its cities. A senior Minister in June criticized the Beijing city administration for making it harder for cyclists to get around, saying that the ...Read MoreOp-Ed: What the developing world can teach us about kicking oil addiction
June 30, 2006
In recent months it has become increasingly difficult for Americans to ignore two painful realities. The first is the realization that climate change is less a theory to be debated and more a real threat that we can’t afford to ignore. The second is that oil prices possess the same capacity to wreak economic havoc ...Read More