Direct community involvement in urban planning processes is stipulated in Indonesia’s National Development Planning System through Musrenbang, or a ‘Multi-Stakeholder Consultation Forum for Development Planning’. The Forum is organized to accommodate the needs and perspectives of various stakeholders affected by existing and potential national and regional urban development plans. This can range from issues of…
Laura is a social communicator and a journalist. She works for the Mayor’s Office of Medellín as a specialist in public project management with more than 5 years of experience in active and sustainable mobility projects; she’s also the leader in the promotion of the low emission zone and in the coordination of the first…
The 2023 issue of the Sustainable Transport Magazine has been re-designed and re-imagined, offering readers a dynamic, in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities to sustainable urban mobility in today’s world. From issues of gender and race to the power of transport digitalization, to the impacts of human-centered design, the content in Issue No. 35…
Professor Mitulah is a researcher, educator, and a consultant in the areas of governance, in particular in the area of provision and management of urban services and the role of stakeholders in development. She has been focusing on policies, and institutional dynamics in relation to local level development, including that of devolved governments, Micro and…
About This case study on the City of Bhubaneswar, India, the 2023 Sustainable Transport Award (STA) honorable mention, dives into the city’s critical interventions in creating its gender-responsive and multimodal transport system. The report highlights the innovative initiatives of Mo Bus and Mo E-Ride, an integrated network of city buses, and a feeder system of…
Ms. Dipti Mahapatro is the General Manager (Personnel and Administration) of Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT), a Special Purpose Vehicle of Housing and Urban Development Department, Government of Odisha, India. She has been serving in the Indian State of Odisha in the State Administrative Service for nearly two decades. Widely known for her dynamic, radical…
There are two transgender holidays. The International Transgender Day of Remembrance is honored every November 20th. It is a memorial. Practically every member of the transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer community, myself included, knows a friend or lover who has died before their time, as is statistically likely, a victim of injustice, of hate crime or…
Since joining ITDP India in June 2022, Varsha has been a part of the communications team. As an accomplished illustrator and landscape architect, with a degree from the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi and a post-graduate diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development, she brings a unique perspective to her work. Her professional philosophy…
Kasih, or as she prefers to be called, Noni, is a passionate advocate for sustainable urban planning and inclusive design. Noni completed her bachelor’s degree in Human Geography and Urban Planning at the University of Groningen, where she developed her love for creating livable, people-centric cities. Growing up in Jakarta, Noni realized that the city…