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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 MoreJakarta’s Urban Villages are Organic TOD Best Practices
April 18, 2019
Sunter Jaya is one of over 2,500 kampungs, or urban villages, in Jakarta’s northern metropolitan area. Sunter Jaya is unique because it has developed in a way that features active pedestrian spaces and walkable streets; prime characteristics of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). Building on the physical and community qualities of the kampung, ITDP recently spearheaded a ...Read MoreAddis Ababa is Boosting Economic Growth with an Ambitious Walking and Cycling Strategy
April 11, 2019
In Africa’s horn lies Ethiopia, the second most populous country in the continent (after Nigeria), with over 105 million people. In recent years the country has seen significant economic improvement and rapid population growth. Addis Ababa, the capital city with 3.2 million inhabitants is rapidly growing and like many growing cities, its urban environment has ...Read MoreITDP Brazil Engages Youth, Elderly Groups to Improve Access to Transit
April 10, 2019
Today, more than half of Brazilians are under the age of 20, and more than 10 percent are over 65. In Brazil as in much of the world, these groups are some of the most reliant on public transportation, but the least likely to have a voice in the planning process. Brazilian cities have a ...Read MoreFrom New York to Mumbai, Congestion Pricing is Finally on the Agenda
April 2, 2019
As we all know by now, the New York State budget, released on April 1st, launched a major new traffic reduction policy, and a potential source of desperately-needed funds for modernizing the ancient NYC subway system. Congestion pricing, a system that charges a fee for cars entering the city center (in this case Manhattan below ...Read More[WEBINAR] Jakarta’s Urban Villages: A Community Based Approach to Urban Mobility
April 1, 2019
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April 23, 20199am EST Webinar Recording Webinar Presentation Jakarta Community Approach & Mobility About the Webinar In Indonesia, a kampung kota (urban village) is a compact, mixed-use neighborhood within the larger city. These neighborhoods, made up of everyday working people, are often overrun by motorcyclists as a shortcut to reach their destinations, disrupting sidewalks and the local environment. If ...Read MoreAmid Traffic and Air Pollution, Congestion Pricing Gains Momentum in Mumbai
April 1, 2019
Congestion is an ongoing and well understood problem that plagues many cities India. Today in Mumbai there are more cars than before and due to increased traffic, buses are running slower than they did in previous years. Drops in bus ridership are easy to attribute to the decreased reliability due to increased traffic. While congestion ...Read MoreAlong Kenya’s Coast, Streets Maneuver to Accommodate More than Just Cars
March 25, 2019
Streets in Kenya serve different uses and modes; from people’s daily traverses to vendors hawking their wares for their pedestrian patrons, streets serve as formal and informal settings of daily life for millions of Kenyans. While the functions streets in Kenya are myriad, their design remains focused on one use – that of vehicles. Mombasa, Kenya’s ...Read MoreA salvation or a pestilence for cities? A New Guide for Regulating Uber, Lyft, and other TNCs
March 21, 2019
What is a TNC? A TNC is a Transportation Network Company, defined as a digital application that matches potential riders with drivers in real time. Popular TNCs include Uber, Lyft, DiDi, Taxify, among many others. While TNCs have existed for over a decade, cities are still grappling with how to regulate them within a larger infrastructural, ...Read MoreIn Cairo, ITDP Works to Improve Transport Access for Women
March 14, 2019
By Nour El Deeb, ITDP Africa “I leave home at 5:30 a.m. and arrive at 8 a.m. I take first a tok-tok for 5 EGP from the tunnel to Al -Khalafawy bus station. I wait 15 to 20 minutes for the bus to come. If the bus does not show up, I ride another taxi or ...Read More[WEBINAR] Ride Fair: A Policy Framework for Managing TNCs
March 11, 2019
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Friday, March 22, 2019 12pm EST Webinar Recording More on TNCs TNC Webinar Presentation Slides (Dana Yanocha) TNC Webinar Presentation Slides (Laura Ballesteros) Ridesharing – a salvation or a pestilence for cities? A New Guide for Regulating Transportation Network Companies About the Webinar The rapid pace of change in transport demands brought about by transportation network companies (TNCs) like Uber, Lyft and Didi, ...Read More