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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 MoreCali’s MIO Receives BRT Standard Silver Status
July 15, 2013
On July 10, representatives of the city of Cali, Colombia received the BRT Standard Silver certification for the Integrated Mass Transit System of Cali, which transports 420,000 passengers per day. The award ceremony was held at Menga station in the north area of Cali, and was attended by María del Pilar Rodríguez, Director of MIO, a local ...Read MoreITDP China Holds BRT Training for Asian Development Bank
July 5, 2013
In May, ITDP organized a series of trainings for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Lanzhou and Guangzhou on bus rapid transit (BRT). The trainings were held over a three-day workshop and attended by ADB staff and government representatives from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Dhaka, Bangladesh; and Ji’an, Jiangxi province, China. This was the second time that ITDP ...Read MoreITDP Brazil, Ministry of Cities Launch Workshop Series in Brasília
June 25, 2013
In early June, Ulises Navarro, ITDP’s Public Transport Director for Latin America, launched a series of workshops on to be conducted in Brasília, providing crucial training and guidance for analysts and technicians at Brazil’s Ministry of Cities. These workshops represent an important step forward in ITDP’s strengthening relationship with Brazil’s MInistry of Cities. Now more ...Read MoreA Year After Rio+20
June 24, 2013
One year after the historic pledges made at Rio +20 to support sustainable transport, ITDP and other organizations have released a report on the initial progress made, noting that these voluntary commitments are on track. In addition to the 16 original pledges made at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio in June 2012, six new ...Read MoreA View from Cali
June 12, 2013
Best known as the international capital of salsa, Cali – the third largest city in Colombia and officially called Santiago de Cali – may soon gain acclaim for more than a showcase of world class dance moves. The election of Rodrigo Guerrero in 2012 and passionate leadership at the helm of many agencies seems to ...Read MoreITDP China Hosts Site Visit for Young Professionals from Vietnam and Nepal
May 31, 2013
Last week, ITDP China hosted two young professions from Vietnam and Nepal to learn about integrated public transport systems and non-motorized transport best practices as part of their ten month research trip to Hong Kong. For the last five years, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities have brought young professionals ...Read MoreITDP Hosts Delegation from San Francisco to Mexico City
May 22, 2013
by Chris Van Eyken On May 16th and 17th, the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, hosted a delegation from San Francisco on a study tour to Mexico City. This included three members of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors: John Avalos, Scott Weiner, and Eric Mar. The seventeen person delegation ...Read MoreITDP Awards Eugene, Oregon’s EmX Line Bronze BRT
April 25, 2013
On Tuesday, the ITDP awarded the BRT Standard bronze to Eugene’s Emerald Express (EmX) Green Line. Awards were accepted by Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy, Springfield Mayor Christine Lundberg, and Lane Transit District Board President Doris Towery for the Cities of Eugene’s and Springfield’s collaboration with Lane Transit District LTD, on the development of the EmX ...Read MoreITDP Kicks off Work in Fortaleza, Brazil
April 25, 2013
Less than two months before the start of the Confederations Cup—considered the test run for the 2014 World Cup—urban mobility projects in Fortaleza, Brazil, are still less than halfway complete. On April 24 – 26, Helena Orenstein de Almeida, director of ITDP-Brasil, and Victoria Broadus, project manager for the Prosperity Project working on national policy and urban mobility plans, ...Read MoreA View from Almaty
April 23, 2013
By Michael Kodransky Once upon a time, Almaty was the capital of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. While it still remains the largest city in the independent Republic of Kazakhstan following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, capital status was ceded to Astana in 1998 to create a new center of government power along the lines ...Read More