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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 MoreGroups Donate 200 Bicycles to African Health Workers
December 4, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Peterson – 212-629-8001 Donation of the bicycles was made possible by a partnership between Tour D’Afrique and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), an NGO based in New York City, with generous support from the Rotary Club Leusden in Holland. The new six speed bicycles, designed for African terrain and conditions, ...Read MoreCape Town’s Danile Landingwe Speaks out for Sustainable Transport
December 2, 2003
On shifting the balance: “We have to deal with the engineers and the planners. They have all been taught at university that you have to accommodate the cars on the road. But in my view the people come first and the cars come secondary. If you look at both Bogotá and Curitiba that is the way; ...Read MoreGuangzhou Launches Unique Citizen-Directed Traffic Enforcement Program
December 2, 2003
The innovative enforcement program, which tracks drivers based on vehicle license plates, was an initiative created by the head of Guangzhou’s traffic police. Due to a deluge of photos, the department is now taking steps to tighten the conditions of offering a reward. Digital images are not accepted, and both a print and negative must be ...Read MoreAfrica-Wide Sustainable Transport Network Launched
December 2, 2003
The workshop brought together representatives of municipalities, citizen groups, NGOs, researchers and policy-makers from Senegal, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania, as well as representatives of specialized agencies such as GTZ, ITDG, UN Habitat and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). Once fully operational, SUSTRAN-Africa is expected to build on a nascent sustainable transport projects being promoted in ...Read MoreShanghai Plans City-wide Bicycle Ban
December 2, 2003
Shanghai papers reported this week that the city plans to ban bicycles from all major roads next year, clearing space for private vehicles to ease the city’s mounting congestion. Police will also raise fines tenfold for such cycling infractions as running red lights. Despite previous restrictions on bicycle use in the city, the number of ...Read MoreTransJakarta Bus Rapid Transit System Technical Review
December 1, 2003
The following report is a summary of the technical issues surrounding the implementation of the TransJakarta Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System, scheduled to open in January 2004. It was compiled by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, based on numerous visits by staff and technical consultants, between October 2002 and December of 2003. It was drafted for the following ...Read MoreSustainable Transport: a Sourcebook for Developing Cities
December 1, 2003
The Sourcebook on Sustainable Urban Transport addresses the key areas of sustainable transport policy framework for a developing city. It is intended for policy-makers in developing cities, and their advisors. This target audience is reflected in the context, which provides policy tools appropriate for application in a range of developing cities. The Sourcebook consists of 30 modules and was ...Read MoreBy Bicycle, Ghana Groups Raise Awareness for World AIDS Day
November 27, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Peterson, 212-629-8001, lpeterson@itdp.org The Ghana AIDS Commission, in cooperation with UNAIDS, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) and the Republic of Ghana’s Ministry of Health, has launched a campaign to raise public awareness about AIDS through bicycle rides. Two rides, one through all of Ghana’s 11 regions and one through Nigeria, ...Read MoreCentral Europe’s New Brownfield Malls
October 1, 2003
Thanks to the efforts of a local NGO, Vankovka, a new development in Brno, Czech Republic will preserve an historic brownfield site and incorporate community services into new mall development. The site was purchased by the city of Brno and will be developed by the German firm ECE. Next to a new shopping mall, in the ...Read MoreSurabaya Toll Road Proceeds over Objections from City
October 1, 2003
Toll road promoters received a boost in July when President Megawati suggested that eight suspended toll road projects, including the one through Surabaya, were to move forward. Since then, the Mayor and other elected leaders, who are from the same political party as the president, have felt pressure to refrain from public criticism of the ...Read More