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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 MoreNew Maps and Open Data Pave Way for Nairobi BRT
March 7, 2014
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a map is worth a million. Recently released research on transit patterns in Nairobi puts the power of a map in the hands of the people and urban planners. Using data they collected, the Digital Matatus project, a collaboration between students and professors at Columbia, MIT, the University ...Read MoreJanette Sadik-Khan Joins the ITDP Board
March 6, 2014
ITDP is proud to welcome Janette Sadik-Khan to the ITDP Board of Directors. Sadik-Khan, who served as New York City Transportation Commissioner from 2007 through 2013, will bring her strong vision and extensive experience to the Board, supporting ITDP’s mission to promote sustainable and equitable transportation worldwide. Through her current position at Bloomberg Associates, Sadik-Khan ...Read MoreRegister Now for Climate Ride California
March 5, 2014
If you are on the West Coast, this event is for you! The 2014 Climate Ride event season opens up with the California Wine Country Ride, a four day mission driven and informative bike trip that will be taking off from San Francisco on May 17th and finishing in Sacramento, CA on May 20th. Leaving from the City by ...Read MoreInventário e utilzação de vagas de estacionamento em vias públicas no Centro do Rio de Janeiro
March 1, 2014
A Prefeitura lançou em janeiro de 2014 uma consulta pública para a concessão de estacionamento em vias públicas, que será implementada ainda este ano. Previsto para entrar em operação no segundo semestre de 2014, o novo sistema fará uso de parquímetros nas regiões do Centro, Zona Sul, Norte e Oeste, e pretende estimular a rotatividade ...Read MoreManual de participación en políticas de movilidad y desarrollo urbano
February 26, 2014
Las ciudades mexicanas enfrentan grandes retos debido a su expansión territorial y los problemas de movilidad que ésta ocasiona. El tráfico, las largas horas de trayecto, el alto gasto en transporte, la contaminación y los accidentes disminuyen la calidad de vida de la ciudadanía e imponen altos costos sociales y monetarios a la sociedad. Sin embargo, la implementación de las políticas necesarias ...Read MoreConstruction Starts on New BRT Corridor in Yichang, China
February 25, 2014
At the crossroads of central China, Yichang is building a better future. Today, the city broke ground on the first of five planned BRT corridors, a major step toward improving public transit in a city with chronic congestion and air quality concerns. The corridor, planned with ITDP support, incorporates cutting edge corridor design, including bike ...Read MoreHappy Birthday Ecobici!
February 21, 2014
Over 600 cities around the world have public bike-share systems. In Mexico City, the Ecobici system has been up and running since 2010, starting in the dense downtown and expanding twice. Today, you can ride Ecobici from the Museo Soumaya in Polanco through the streets of the Historic Center to the Metro station in Tacubaya. That’s just one ...Read MoreRio de Janeiro’s Ciclo Rotas Project Brings Bike Lanes Downtown
February 20, 2014
Rio bike riders can roam a little freer, as the first 3.3 kilometers of new, ITDP designed cycle lanes opened in the city’s downtown this week. The opening included three different cycle routes, connecting important transit stations with their surrounding areas. Though a modest initial growth to Rio’s existing bike infrastructure, the Ciclo Rotas Project ...Read MorePlanning Around Transit – The Case for Less Parking and More Mobility in São Paulo
February 11, 2014
Decrease parking, increase public transit, and focus on mixed use development to increase mobility in your city. That’s the case ITDP staffer Michael Kodransky made at a panel in São Paulo discussing plans for the city’s upcoming Strategic Master Plan. Parking reductions are an important tool for cities seeking to direct growth around public transit ...Read MoreAccess for All: TransJakarta Improvements Maximize the Benefits of BRT
February 10, 2014
Ten years after the system first launched, TransJakarta continues to expand and improve its services for all of Jakarta’s citizens. Through new routes to high-income areas and plans for increased accessibility in low-income areas, TransJakarta aims to maximize the benefits of BRT by creating a system that meets the diverse needs of city residents. Joko Widodo, ...Read More