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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 MoreSOME SIGNS OF SMARTER GROWTH IN CENTRAL EUROPE
June 1, 2002
As part of ITDP’s efforts to accelerate the “civilizing” of out-of-town retail, Yaakov Garb recently spoke at a major regional conference in Vienna on the Future of Retail in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. He summarized some of the international findings on the impact of out-of-town retail, including on city center shops, and presented ITDP’s ...Read MoreLight Rail vs. BRT: Showdown in Panama City
June 1, 2002
In 2001, a French government-sponsored study concluded, unsurprisingly, that a French-built light rail system was the answer to Panama City’s traffic woes. The study dismissed bus rapid transit as being inadequate for Panama City’s capacity needs, claiming busways are only capable of moving 6,000 passengers per hour per direction, while Panama City needs to move ...Read MoreTaking the “Car” out of Cartagena
June 1, 2002
In December 2001, Mayor Carlos Diaz Redondo initiated the pedestrianization experiment, hoping to rid the narrow, colonial-era streets of congestion, noise, and toxic air emissions. During the experiment, auto access was still allowed for residents and emergency vehicles, and for truck deliveries from 4:00 in the morning until 11:00 in the morning. Non-motorized deliveries are ...Read MoreMIDDLE EAST UPDATE: Jerusalem and Tel Aviv
June 1, 2002
JERUSALEM’S NEW LIGHT RAIL PROJECT IMPEDED BY POLITICAL TURMOIL An international tender for the project has also been hampered. It seems that some of the companies that expressed in interest in putting in a bid for this $400 million project were dissuaded by Arab countries threatening to boycott bidders. Only two companies will submit competitive bids; ...Read More“DÍA SIN CARRO” GOES GLOBAL
June 1, 2002
As a result of a popular support from a 2000 referendum, the Bogotá‘s Car Free Day is now an annual fixture for the city’s 7-million inhabitants. During this day, privately-owned vehicles are restricted, leaving the streets to transit-users, cyclists, and pedestrians. The 850,000 private automobiles in Bogotá are the transport means for just 14 percent ...Read More2008 OLYMPICS: FIVE RING ROADS
June 1, 2002
But the benefits of these measures are overshadowed by the planned construction of the fourth and fifth ring roads. The fourth ring road will be called Olympic Boulevard, and will contain 8 lanes, 147 flyovers, and connections to seven major expressways. The government plans to connect every community with 50,000 people or more to a ...Read MoreTools for Halting the Spread of Hypermarkets Outside Western European Cities
January 1, 2002
Legislative Tools for Preserving Town Centres and Halting the Spread of Hypermarkets and Malls Outside of Cities: Land Use Legislation and Controls of Conflicts of Interest in Land Use Decision Making Throughout Europe, the past few decades have been characterized by retail sprawl — the spread of hypermarkets and of large shopping malls outside of city centers, undermining the traditional ...Read MoreCuenca Gets on the Bus (Issue 12, 2001)
September 1, 2001
Letter from the Executive Director: Wal-Mart Goes Global • Chile: “Living City” Battles Santiago Highway • Recycling Central Europe’s Urban Wastelands • World Leaders Pedal Sustainable Transport at UN • Cuenca, Ecuador: Secondary City, Primary Vision • India: Bumpy Road to Cleaner Vehicles • Corporate Welfare or Livable Communities?: Rerouting US Foreign Aid • Africa’s Bike Dealers Hold Keys to Livable Cities • ...Read MoreA Breath of Fresh Air for Indonesia (Issue 11, 2000)
September 1, 2000
Letter from the Executive Director: Is Globalization the Enemy of Sustainable Transport?• Fighting Sprawl: Prague on the Edge • An Afribike Update: South Africans Swept Off Their Feet• Manila Makes Way for Bikeways, But for Whom? • A Breath of Fresh Air for Indonesia • Bogota: Peñalosa Lets it Ride • Zurich-Kunming Sister-City Project: Bus Rapid Transit Comes to China• Notes from Agra: Selling Modern Rickshaws • Opinion: ...Read MoreSurabaya Report: Improving Conditions for Non Motorized Transport
July 1, 2000
By international standards, Surabaya has an extremely high mode share of private motorized trips (predominantly motorcycle) relative to per capita incomes, despite the fact that average trip distances “as the crow flies” are extremely short. Nonmotorized trips are nonetheless a critical part of the transportation system, while collective forms of transport are much less important than in other regional ...Read More