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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 MoreGlobal Climate Policy Resources
November 18, 2011
In advance of the Rio+ 20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, world leaders, agencies, experts, NGOs, businesses, and citizens of the world are preparing to take action to address the growing threat of climate change. ITDP is working with our partners to lay the groundwork for sustainable urban transportation to be prominently on the agenda. The ...Read MoreOur Cities Ourselves opens with a bang in China!
November 15, 2011
The Our Cities Ourselves program launched with a bang, literally, on Friday, October 11th, when the guests at the opening ceremony cracked open massive party poppers and littered the room with confetti to mark the official launch. Lu Xueyi, Vice Director of GMEDRI, Eddie Tsui Director of AECOM Guangdong, and Wang Yingchi, Division Head within GZPI, ...Read MoreOur Cities Ourselves opens in Zaha Hadid’s famed opera house in Guangzhou
November 11, 2011
A packed group of urban designers, architects, politicians and residents gathered to discuss the critical role of sustainable transportation in managing urban growth at the opening of the Our Cities Ourselves exhibition at the Opera House in Guangzhou on November 11th. Lauded for its innovative design by Zaha Hadid, the Opera House is a landmark ...Read MoreRecommendations for a Transportation-Specific Sustainable Development Goal for Rio+20
November 2, 2011
ITDP helped draft these recommendations with SLoCaT and submitted it to the UN for consideration as part of the “zero” draft of the agreement to be negotiated at Rio+20 (the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio, 2012). These recommendations have been endorsed by 20+ organizations around the world.Read MoreBuilding a (more sustainable) Road to Rio
November 2, 2011
Less than a year from now, leaders from countries around the globe will convene in Rio to grapple with the actions needed to create a more socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable world. ITDP is working with our partners to lay the groundwork for sustainable urban transportation to be prominently on the agenda. The meeting is officially ...Read MoreMexico City’s Newest BRT Line Provides a Direct Link from Historic Center to the Airport
October 20, 2011
A city’s reputation is often shaped by how people perceive its center. Take New York in the 1970s. The iconic images of a seedy and downright dangerous Times Square were projected onto the city writ large. So too with Mexico City’s historic center, which contains some of the nation’s most iconic landmarks but had become ...Read MoreUrban Bikeways Design Manual
October 17, 2011
The U.S. National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) has created a new urban bikeways design manual, based in large part on designs that have been innovated or adapted by their member cities (which includes bike-friendly notables such as New York, Portland, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Seattle among others). The guide is geared towards practitioners and provides ...Read MorePedestrian-Friendly Street Design Improvements Under Construction in Rio de Janeiro
October 7, 2011
Article and photo by Maricha Friedman Pedestrian-friendly street design improvements, based on designs developed in an ITDP workshop, are currently being implemented in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In February 2010, ITDP coordinated a Public Space and Pedestrian Safety Workshop in Rio de Janeiro for Municipal officials and employees. The workshop, and associated field visits, was led by ...Read MoreMobility, Livability, and Economic Growth: Sustainability Lessons from the Pacific Rim
October 5, 2011
Join the Pacific Cities Sustainability Initiative (PCI) at their upcoming conference, taking place in two cities, Los Angeles and San Francisco on October 24th and 26th respectively. As Asian cities increasingly become the testing grounds for innovative transportation technologies, now is the time to facilitate an exchange of ideas between North America and Asia. Join leading ...Read MoreITDP and Secovi-SP bring the Principles of Transport in Urban Life to São Paulo
October 3, 2011
The winners of the ITDP and Secovi-SP Competition, “Our Cities Ourselves: Proposals for São Paulo 2030”, were announced by the Secretary of Urban Development Miguel Bucalém during an awards ceremony at Secovi-SP headquarters on the 20th of September. The top three entries were awarded US$5,500, US$4,300 and US$2,700, respectively, and two honorable mentions and a ...Read More