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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 MoreMetrobus Ever Closer in Buenos Aires
February 24, 2011
By Samuel Frommer, ITDP Argentina Progress is moving full steam ahead on the construction of Buenos Aires’s new bus rapid transit system, Metrobus. The 12 km (7.5 mi) corridor is expected to open this May,connecting two major train stations on opposite ends of the city, as well as two subway lines. The fully accessible, 21 station ...Read MoreMetrobus Gets Sustainable Award
February 24, 2011
ISTANBUL – Metrobus, a public transit system in Istanbul, received the honorable mention award at the “Sustainable Transportation Awards 2009.” The award, given each year to a city that has provided an innovative transportation strategy, is given by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, or ITDP. The working project should lessen the impact of climate ...Read MoreBuenos Aires Bike Share Rapidly Expanding
February 22, 2011
The City of Buenos Aires’ bike share program opened its newest station last week, bringing the system to nine stations and 200 bicycles. The system launched last December with just 3 stations and 100 bicycles but has quickly expanded. Bicing, as it is commonly referred to, has quickly become very popular in Buenos Aires – ...Read MoreThe future of cities depends on political, not technical, decisions
February 16, 2011
Over 350 people celebrated the opening of Our Cities Ourselves – or Nuestras Ciudades, Nuestro Futuro as it is known in Mexico – earlier this month in Mexico City at the Museo Franz Mayer. The show has been enthusiastically received, with over 80 articles, television spots and radio broadcasts to date, including strong coverage in ...Read MoreGet America’s Transportation Investments Moving Smarter and Faster
February 15, 2011
Today the U.S. House of Representatives heard testimony from leading experts as they prepared to write the next federal transportation bill. ITDP’s Global Policy Director and Founder, Michael Replogle’s testimony outlined steps for Congress to get America’s transportation investments moving smarter and faster: (1) ensure adequate funding for environmental and resource agencies to be involved ...Read MoreITDP’s Written and Oral Testimony to House Highways and Transit Subcommittee
February 15, 2011
The Testimony of Michael Replogle, Global Policy Director and Founder for the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Hearing on Accelerating the Project Delivery Process: Eliminating Bureaucratic Red Tape and Making Every Dollar Count, Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 10:00 ...Read MoreBoa Festa! OCO Opening in Rio de Janeiro
February 3, 2011
Boa Festa! Nearly five hundred people turned out for the opening of Our Cities Ourselves – or As Cidades Somos Nos as it is known in Brazil – last night. The exhibition is on display at the prestigious Centro Cultural Correios in downtown Rio. The images of ten of the world’s most vibrant cities, including Rio ...Read MoreOur Cities Ourselves- openings in Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City
February 3, 2011
In the next two decades, cities all over the world will add hundreds of millions of new residents – by 2030, 60 percent of the global population – or five billion people – will live in urban areas, mostly in the developing world. Our Cities Ourselves, an urban visioning exhibition created by the Institute for ...Read MoreJohannesburg Taxi Operators Investment Companies take over Rea Vaya bus operations
February 2, 2011
Welcome to PioTrans! Rea Vaya has reached another milestone. On Tuesday, 1 February the Taxi Operators Investment Companies formally took control of the Rea Vaya’s Bus Operating Company. Since 2007, the Taxi Industry has been extensively engaged in the planning and implementation of the Rea Vaya project by the City of Johannesburg. Since its opening in 2009, ...Read MoreThe Hon. Mayor of Tehran, His Excellency Dr.Qalibaf, address to the STA ceremony
January 28, 2011
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