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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 MoreFootpath Basics
March 26, 2014
This inforgraphic accompanies documents such as Footpath Design and Better Streets, Better Cities, using standards from the Indian Roads Congress’ Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities to explain best practices for footpath design in India. Download this infographic Source: ITDP IndiaRead MoreThe BRT Standard Infographic
March 26, 2014
This infographic highlights the key features of BRT essential to any BRT system. These elements ensure that BRT systems have high operating speeds and provide a good customer experience. Source: ITDPRead MoreRiding the Bike-Share Boom: The Top Five Components of a Successful System
March 25, 2014
The Bike-Share Planning Guide establishes many important metrics and principles for evaluating bike-share systems around the world. Although each city makes bike-share its own, adapting it to the local context, many of the most successful systems share certain common features. The Guide provides important standards and insights into best practices for building bike-shares, and this infographic ...Read MoreLet’s MOVE: Belo Horizonte’s First BRT Brings Mobility and Opportunity
March 11, 2014
This weekend, Belo Horizonte joins the growing number of cities in Brazil and around the world bringing the benefits of high-quality sustainable transit to its citizens. On March 8, the city opened the first of three planned corridors of MOVE, Belo Horizonte’s first BRT system. The new corridor runs along Avenida Cristiano Machado and follows ...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 More