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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 MoreMayor Ebrard Inaugurates Expansion of Ecobici in Mexico City
October 1, 2012
Expansion of the popular bike sharing system in Mexico City, Ecobici, was officiated on September 12th by Mayor Ebrard. Implementation of Phase 2 included 78 new stations and 1,180 new bikes that stretch over four districts in two municipalities, Cuauhtémoc and Miguel Hidalgo: Anzures, Polanco, Granada, Ampliación Granada, Bosque de Chapultepec, Juárez, Roma Norte, Doctores ...Read MoreRio de Janeiro Unveils New Bike Map and Holds Annual Intermodal Challenge
September 26, 2012
As part of Mobility Week, Rio de Janeiro launched its first official bike map on Friday, September 21st. ITDP Brazil, with local NGO partners Transporte Ativo and Camelo Urbano, spearheaded the map’s creation. The map was been produced by the Secretary of Environment in partnership with the Secretary of Tourism. The map and cycling guide ...Read MoreITDP Challenges Cities to Reconsider the Value of Space
September 24, 2012
In cities around the globe, artists, activists, and NGOs transformed parking spaces on September 21st into temporary public parks and social spaces as part of the annual “Park(ing) Day” event. The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) participated in Park(ing) Day 2012 with events in three cities: Buenos Aires, Jakarta, and Rio de Janeiro. ITDP ...Read MoreHow Park(ing) Day Can Influence Parking Reform
September 21, 2012
Park(ing) Day offers a chance for people to transform their streets. Parking reform offers cities a way to balance space for people and cars in the long-term. Since 2005, Park(ing) Day has been challenging citizens everywhere to convert curbside parking into temporary pop-up parks and more. This raises public awareness about issues ITDP has long ...Read MoreITDP and Pune Municipal Corporation jointly organize Street Design Workshop
September 19, 2012
Pune, traditionally known as the “city of cyclists,” and having built over 100 kilometers of cycle tracks, presently suffers from poor state of pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. A recent CAI-Asia report in 2011 states, “residential, educational areas and public transport terminals lack proper footpaths and other facilities that leaves pedestrians competing with vehicles for space, ...Read MoreITDP and 4th Wheel Raise Awareness of Pedestrian Safety in Ahmedabad, India
September 5, 2012
By Kumar Manish, ITDP India On September 1, ITDP India, in partnership with 4th Wheel, an Ahmedabad-based corporate social responsibility research and advocacy group, conducted a street audit of pedestrian activity on two of the busiest streets in the city. Twenty participants spent three hours of Saturday morning walking on the streets of Ahmedabad observing pedestrian movements ...Read MoreITDP Argentina Calls on Buenos Aires to Improve Transit in Response to Subway Strike
August 15, 2012
By Andrés Fingeret, ITDP Argentina Director On Tuesday, subways finally began rolling again in Buenos Aires after a massive, 10-day strike that had over a million commuters waiting, sometimes hours, for overcrowded buses. The suspension of the strike is part of a tentative deal by union leaders. The system’s operator, Metrovias, has agreed to a smaller ...Read MoreAs London Passes the Torch, Rio Looks to BRT in Plans for 2016 Games
August 14, 2012
By Anna Bray Sharpin, ITDP Brazil On Sunday the world watched as London’s Mayor Boris Johnson handed over the Olympic flag to IOC President Jacques Rogge who then presented it to Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes in one of the centerpiece moments of the 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony. The following eight minutes of “mini carnival” gave us ...Read MoreTransport Emissions Evaluation Model for Projects (TEEMP)
August 6, 2012
TEEMP is a suite of excel-based, free-of-charge, suite of spreadsheet models and methods that can be used to evaluate the greenhouse gas (GHG), air pollution, and other impacts of many types of transportation projects. Download the Model Source: CAI-Asia and ITDP Last updated: April 2015 Download the Manual Source: CAI-Asia and ITDP Download the Revision Memo Source: CAI-Asia and ITDP Published: April 2015 The TEEMP ...Read MorePre-feasibility study for sustainable transport interventions in Ranchi
August 1, 2012
An important regional hub in eastern India, Ranchi has historically been a cycling and walking-centric city with narrow streets and dense urban fabric. But with its outward expansion, there is higher demand for mobility and increased use of motorized transport, leading to congestion & safety issues. Thus this report looks at identifying existing travel demand ...Read More