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[WEBINAR] Indicators For Sustainable Mobility
January 14, 2019
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 MoreBlair’s Budget Cuts Undermine Benefit of London’s Pricing Scheme
June 1, 2006
The budget cuts £125 million for the next two fiscal years (2004/5 and 2005/6), while Transport for London projects that the congestion charge will raise £130 million each year. The budget for 2005/6 is £200 million less than in both of the previous two years. Though TfL anticipated cuts in the next budget cycle after a ...Read MoreDevelopment: Big Business in Reform School, But Is It Sticking?
May 9, 2006
In Canada, banks and financial institutions with over one billion dollars in equity must produce public accountability statements regarding their contribution to the country’s economy and society. In Nigeria, oil and gas companies are required to contribute about three percent of their annual revenues to the Niger Delta Development Commission, while the British government requires pension ...Read MoreTransportation and India’s Urban Poor
May 9, 2006
India’s urbanization process has been slow but it now has one of the largest urban systems in the world. The country is home to 35 cities with populations of more than one million and nearly 40% of its urban population resides in these cities. Those that migrate to urban areas tend to move in search of ...Read MoreTransport Organisation Donates Equipment to Ghana Health Service
May 3, 2006
The items included speed bikes worth 23.58 million cedis; Very High Frequency (VHF) FM Portable Transceivers; VHF base station equipment and desk microphones worth 11,784 dollars. Others were bicycle ambulances and donkey carts worth 3.6 million cedis. Mr Teye-Topey said the presentation was a result of recommendations of a comprehensive research carried out on health facilities ...Read MoreOptions for Financing Bus Rapid Transit in China
May 1, 2006
The majority of municipal governments in China’s major metropolitan areas have the financial means on their own to build Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems without the help or approval of the central government. However, the manner in which financing is raised will affect the efficiency and quality of the system, and these issues should be ...Read MorePeddling car-free, bike-friendly days for Baltimore
April 23, 2006
The Cantoris were in the final stage of a rigorous adoption procedure, one that required them to take a figurative test drive with their prospective daughter. Things couldn’t have gone better. Eleven-year-old Andrea proved to be the girl of their dreams. Surprisingly, Bogota also stole Greg’s heart. “I felt like I was in Utopia,” he says. Every Sunday, ...Read MoreBikes Connecting Bogotá and the South Bronx
April 15, 2006
REPORTER: Right now, there’s not much at the future home of the Hunts Point Riverside Park on the Bronx River just above where it empties into the sound. There’s swirling dust, which quickly fills your shoes and gets underneath your clothes. But to Majora Carter, the Director of Sustainable South Bronx, this sliver of a ...Read MoreDar es Salaam BRT: Parking Management
April 1, 2006
Effective parking management will be a critical component of the success of Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit (DART). This chapter presents recommendations for reforming parking policies in the city centre to reflect the arrival of DART. The conclusions are based on an extensive survey of parking supply and occupancy in the city centre; interviews with staff from the City ...Read MoreDar es Salaam BRT: City Center Street Typology
April 1, 2006
In as complex an urban environment as central Dar es Salaam, streets have multiple functions. They allow cars, daladalas and other vehicles to access buildings and pass through the centre. They allow trucks to make deliveries. They provide space for parking and loading. They are the places where people walk. And streets provide some of the city centre’s few open spaces – places for ...Read MoreBRT in Hangzhou and Beijing
April 1, 2006
Hangzhou The first 10km segment of Hangzhou’s 28km Line 1 BRT commenced commercial operation on 26 April, served by articulated BRT buses in a striking red color. Passengers pay before entering the station, and enjoy level boarding and alighting. In keeping with Hangzhou’s rich cultural history, stations are attractively designed, although the absence of passing lanes will ...Read More