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Bus 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 More[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 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 MoreWhat Can São Paulo and New York Teach Each Other?
December 1, 2014
As two of the biggest cities in the Western hemisphere, New York City and São Paulo have a lot they can learn from each other. Though they face unique challenges related to improving sustainable transport, they share common goals of making the streets safer and more comfortable for cyclists and pedestrians. Recently, US expert Jon Orcutt visted ...Read MoreChicago’s Central Loop Poised To Be A Major Milestone for BRT in the US
November 25, 2014
Across the United States, major cities are in a race to build the country’s first Gold Standard BRT. From Boston to San Francisco, community groups and transportation departments are evaluating options for BRT corridors, many of which have the potential to be score high enough on the BRT Standard to be Gold Standard. With Chicago’s ...Read MoreA Global Rise in Bus Rapid Transit: 2004 – 2014
November 17, 2014
BRT systems are growing rapidly, bringing comfortable, fast, high quality transport to millions of people in some of the world’s fastest growing nations, at a fraction of the cost of metro and light rail. 1,849 of the 2,580 km of true BRT corridors have been built in the last ten years, with sweeping growth in many countries around ...Read MoreecoParq
November 16, 2014
EcoParq é um sistema de parquímetros na Cidade do México, cuja primeira aplicação piloto foi no bairro de Polanco, em 2012. O sistema usa parquímetros multivagas para regular e precificar as vagas de estacionamento, substituindo o sistema informal que é comum no México e na América Latina. A intenção do ecoParq é acalmar o movimento nas ruas ao organizar ...Read MoreUrban Mobility Plans: National Approaches and Local Practice
November 14, 2014
The document reviews approaches for Urban Mobility Plans (UMP) from various countries and showcases a growing number of examples calling for a shift away from the traditional, infrastructure-oriented approach towards sustainable and people-oriented planning. Urban Mobility Plans are used as planning tool and policy instrument to guide the development of transport in urban areas and ...Read MoreAlmaty, Kazakhstan Explores the Benefits of TOD
November 13, 2014
With transit-oriented development (TOD) catching on around the world, more and more cities are making an effort to combine transit planning and urban development. Among the cities looking to TOD as a solution is Almaty, Kazakhstan. As one of the biggest cities in Central Asia, Almaty is facing rapid motorization and increased urban sprawl. In ...Read MoreFerramenta de avaliação de inserção urbana
November 1, 2014
A Ferramenta de Avaliação de Inserção Urbana foi desenvolvida para avaliar empreendimentos habitacionais do Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida (Faixa 1) do ponto de vista urbanístico, antes de serem aprovados e construídos. Seu objetivo é oferecer parâmetros objetivos para a avaliação da localização, integração com o entorno e desenho urbano dos empreendimentos, a fim de serem utilizados tanto pelas equipes técnicas de aprovação ...Read MoreChennai Adopts NMT Policy: A Quantum Leap Towards Safer Streets
October 27, 2014
By Aswathy Dilip, ITDP India Chennai is witnessing a transformation. Chennai Corporation (as the city government is known) is reclaiming precious road space from chaotic traffic, unregulated parking, and haphazardly placed utilities to create wide, continuous, and accessible footpaths—prioritizing people over cars. This radical approach of designing streets is a part of the Corporation’s initiative ...Read MoreTaking Sustainable Transport to Scale: An Intermediary Approach
October 20, 2014
The Global Environmental Facility (GEF), a partnership for international cooperation where 183 countries work together with international institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector, to address global environmental issues, is on the verge of adopting a new pilot program that has promise to scale up sustainable transportation faster and more effectively. Since 1991, the GEF has ...Read More