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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 MoreMasyarakat Kian Gemar Gunakan Busway [in Indonesian]
June 5, 2009
Minat masyarakat Jakarta menggunakan angkutan massal cepat bus Trans Jakarta (busway) cenderung meningkat, kata Harya Setyaka S. Dillon, spesialis transportasi dari Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP). Pada Januari 2009 jumlah penumpang 230 ribu orang per hari dan pada Mei 2009 meningkat menjadi sekitar 245 ribu orang per hari, katanya di Jakarta, Jumat (05/6). Ia mengatakan, ...Read MoreMinat Masyarakat Gunakan Busway Meningkat [in Indonesian]
June 5, 2009
Minat masyarakat Jakarta menggunakan angkutan massal cepat bus TransJakarta (busway) cenderung meningkat, kata Harya Setyaka S. Dillon, spesialis transportasi dari Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP). “Pada Januari 2009 jumlah penumpang 230 ribu orang per hari dan pada Mei 2009 meningkat menjadi sekitar 245 ribu orang per hari,” katanya di Jakarta, Jumat (5/6). Ia mengatakan, hal ...Read MoreTaking a SAMBA Down Rio’s New Bikeways
June 2, 2009
Access to some of the world’s most picturesque bikeways gets a boost as Rio de Janeiro expands its bicycle network with new shared use lanes for cyclists. These changes come just months after the city launched a pilot public bike sharing scheme known as SAMBA – Solução Alternativa Para mobilidade por Bicicletas de Aluguel, which roughly ...Read MoreColombia’s Transmilenio: Bus Rapid Transit
May 29, 2009
NEW YORK, NY May 29, 2009 —If you haven’t noticed, New York City is in the midst of re-thinking its street space. One person who’s been influential in articulating the philosophy behind those changes is the former mayor of Bogota, Colombia—- Enrique Penalosa. WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein recently sat down with Penalosa, who brought-the Transmilleneo system ...Read MoreCleveland’s Bus Rapid Transit
May 28, 2009
NEW YORK, NY May 28, 2009 —As American cities increasingly look to expand their transit options but keep costs low, many planners are looking at Bus Rapid Transit, or BRT. The city of Cleveland, Ohio, launched a BRT called the Health Line, about six months ago…with two promises. The first: better, more efficient public ...Read MoreSustainable Transportation System Needed in Jakarta
May 27, 2009
Paralyzing traffic jams and severe air pollution are the most frequent answers when people are asked what they know about Jakarta. Motorized vehicle ownerships increase in line with a rise in income per capita. The more raises, the more cars and motorcycles are on roads. Motorized vehicle ownership is growing at 9 percent every year, with ...Read MoreThe Crossroads of the World Goes Car-Free (NYC)
May 26, 2009
I’ve lived in New York City for just about twenty years now but yesterday was my first trip to Times Square. Sure, I’ve been to Times Square before. Plenty of times. But until yesterday Times Square had never ever been a destination for me. Rather, it had always been a place to avoid or, if unavoidable, ...Read MoreBe Part of the Solution, Say Busway Fans (Jakarta)
May 22, 2009
Nieke Agustani, a busway user who takes corridor 6 to get to her office in Kuningan, is known for being somewhat mean. “If I see a child playing with a busway ticket, tearing it to bits and then throwing it away in the bus, I always tell them to pick it up and throw it in ...Read MoreLessons of Urban Transit from Bogota
May 21, 2009
NEW YORK, NY May 21, 2009 —New York City’s transit system faces two almost-certain realities. Its ridership will swell, and it will continue to struggle financially. But planners are hoping to bring a new type of transit to the city, Bus Rapid Transit, or BRT. More than an express route, BRT is designed to act ...Read MoreA Colombian Model for the NYC MTA?
May 20, 2009
About 10 years ago, Bogotá’s main artery, known as the Caracas, was filled from side to side with a hodgepodge of yellow, blue, green, white and red buses of all sizes and shapes. The shops were covered in a layer of soot, and the street sat beneath a grayish haze, as the buses coughed ...Read More